单词 | supraglottal |
释义 | supraglottaladj.n. Now chiefly Phonetics. A. adj. 1. Located above the glottis. Cf. supraglottic adj.In this sense, supraglottic is now the usual term in anatomical and zoological contexts; supraglottal is more commonly used in phonetics (cf. sense A. 2). ΚΠ 1858 Med. Times & Gaz. 9 Jan. 43/2 But its most important function is to cover over and protect that exquisitely sensitive portion of mucous membrane which occupies the supra-glottal space. 1869 G. Whitley tr. E. Lancereaux Treat. Syphilis II. vii. 3 An old injection of the supra-glottal portion of the mucous membrane. 1926 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 4 215 Any vibrations observed in the vocal chords..were too feeble to be reinforced by the supra glottal cavities. 1967 P. Lieberman Intonation, Perception, & Lang. ii. 29 The perception of fundamental frequency is not adversely affected by the effects of the supraglottal respiratory system. 1998 Jrnl. Mammalogy 79 97/2 The entire supra-glottal tract of an Old World nasal emitter is tuned such that the echolocative call may pass through the rostrum with little decrement. 2000 S. Myers in C. W. Kreidler Phonology IV. 415 Achievement of this goal in an oral stop often requires expansion of the supraglottal vocal tract. 2. Phonetics. Of or relating to the part of the vocal tract located above the glottis; (of a speech sound or articulation) produced in this part of the vocal tract (rather than in the larynx).Used interchangeably with supralaryngeal. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [adjective] > glottis glottic1839 subglottal1844 glottal1846 glottidean1859 superglottal1867 supraglottal1871 1871 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. III. xi. 1126/1 Different from all these is the supra-glottal implosion [etc.]. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 311/2 The quality of vowels depends not only on supra-glottal resonances, but..on the complex and variable sound emitted by the larynx. 1960 R. Stopa Evol. Click Sounds in Afr. Langs. 30 Here we may point to some affinities of their typical sounds, viz. the Ejectives, i.e. front Ejectives too, with Caucasian supraglottal sounds. 1975 R. Lass & J. M. Anderson Old Eng. Phonol. App. ii. 262 But what if we were to separate, in our representations, glottal from supraglottal articulation? 1998 K. N. Stevens Acoustic Phonetics (2000) ix. 487 The principal difference, however, is that for a nasal consonant the velopharyngeal port is open during the time there is a supraglottal closure. B. n. Each of the parts of the vocal tract located above the glottis. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] supraglottal1964 1964 D. Crystal & R. Quirk Syst. Prosodic & Paraling. Features Eng. iii. 39 Supraglottals may be tense or lax. 1982 V. L. Lawrence Transcripts Eleventh Symp. Care Professional Voice I. 58 We can find out what contributions to singing voice quality are being made by the laryngeal source,..and what's being done by the supraglottals, the supra-laryngeal resonator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1858 |
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