Secondary articulation

As a secondary articulation a special form which is articulation of the consonants designated, in addition to the primary of articulation geringgradigere, simultaneous secondary, that is the vocal tract constriction occurs. It differs from double articulation, among other things, in that the type of articulation can be different at both articulation locations . Compared to double articulation, secondary articulations can be observed in significantly more languages. The secondary articulation influences the coloring of a subsequent vowel .

Secondary articulations occur especially with consonants from the groups of plosives , fricatives and nasals ; the secondary articulation is more open as an approximant , but is always equally voiced or unvoiced as the primary articulation. The different types of secondary articulation are called -ization according to the secondary articulation location , for example:

• Palatalization ,
• Velarization ,
• Labialization ,
• Glottalization and
• Pharyngealization .

In the International Phonetic Alphabet , secondary articulations are indicated by superscript diacritics.

literature

• TL Cleghorn, NM Rugg: Comprehensive Articulatory Phonetics: A Tool for Mastering the World's Languages . NM Rugg, 2011. ISBN 9781450781909 . Pp. 353-369
• Bernd Pompino-Marschall: Introduction to Phonetics . Walter de Gruyter, 2009. ISBN 9783110224801 . Pp. 215-219