#articulation bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
supertype: pronunciation the manner of uttering a word
subtype: affrication the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
subtype: rough_breathing__aspiration a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
subtype: epenthesis the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis"
subtype: nasalization__nasalisation the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
subtype: retroflexion__retroflection an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
subtype: enunciation__diction the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
subtype: mumbling indistinct enunciation
subtype: syncope__syncopation the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
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