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this term is used to refer to the place of articulation of certain sounds. Sounds classified under this term are produced by the rounding of the tongue to the just behind the alveolar ridge (or the back part of the front of the mouth).  
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Retroflex is used to refer to the place of articulation of certain sounds. Sounds classified under this term are produced by the rounding of the tongue to the just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)|alveolar ridge]]. Some speakers of English produce [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant.  
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 16:56, 11 November 2009

Retroflex is used to refer to the place of articulation of certain sounds. Sounds classified under this term are produced by the rounding of the tongue to the just behind the alveolar ridge. Some speakers of English produce [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant.

References

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.