Of sounds: produced with the tip of the tongue ‘inverted’ or curled upwards towards the hard palate; retroflex. Hence as n.
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释义 | the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [adjective] > lingual > articulation by (7) cacuminal1862 Of sounds: produced with the tip of the tongue ‘inverted’ or curled upwards towards the hard palate; retroflex. Hence as n. retracted1874 Phonetics. Of a sound: pronounced with the tongue drawn back. Cf. retract, v.1 7. inverted1877 Phonetics. Of a sound: articulated with the tongue curled up and back. Cf. retroflex, adj. 2. Now largely disused. coronal1890 Phonetics. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned upward towards the palate; pertaining to such pronunciation. Cf. inverted, adj. 8. retroflex1915 Phonetics. Of a sound: articulated with the tongue curled up and back. Cf. cacuminal, adj. domal1919 Phonetics. (See quots.) Hence as n. retroflexed1932 Phonetics. = retroflex, adj. 2. |
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