Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each articulator by whether it is ACTIVE or PASSIVE.
Groups: Active · Passive
- Alveolar ridge
- Lower lip
- Hard palate
- Tongue body
- Upper teeth
- Tongue tip
Hints
- One group moves and the other is moved towards.
- Everything on the roof of the mouth is passive.
Show the answer
Active: Tongue tip, Lower lip, Tongue body
Passive: Alveolar ridge, Hard palate, Upper teeth
Why
A place of articulation is a pairing of one from each column, the lower lip against the upper teeth is labiodental, the tongue tip against the alveolar ridge is alveolar. Naming only the passive member, as the standard labels do, works because the active member is nearly always predictable from it.
Practise How Speech Is Produced
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