articulators

• Approximants “approximate” two articulators (the active articulators are the movable parts of the mouth, the lips, tongue and glottis) but not closely enough to produce much friction. —  AnalogSFF,May2008
• Ford, one of the denominations clearest articulators of the gospel, found himself constantly battling to keep the message of Jesus Christ's imputed righteousness for sinners alive and shining as a beacon calling church members out of the bondage of a legalistic righteousness that could never save. —  Re-inventing the Adventist Wheel
• The primary question addressed in this study was whether visible movements of the speech articulators could be used to improve the detection of speech in noise, thus demonstrating an influence of speechreading on the ability to detect, rather than recognize, speech. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
• The amount of visual influence depends in part on the degree of correlation between acoustic envelopes and visible movement of the articulators. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
• Examples: vúlgar, véry, vāst, háve, wâve, and in spív and Slàv. [v] involves more friction as air passes through the mouth; for [w] the articulators organs are further apart, making the sound more Letter v —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]

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