Airstream Mechanisms: Velaric

Question 1

Velaric airstream mechanism has three names

Answer 1

Velaric
Oralic
Lingual

Question 2

Velaric means

Answer 2

Main initiator as Velum (soft palate)

Question 3

Oralic means

Answer 3

As initiation performed in the oral cavity

Question 4

Lingual means

Answer 4

As main initiator as tongue

Question 5

Airstream from oral cavity, air exists between

Answer 5

Velum and lips. Only air from velum to lips, no pulmonic or Glottalic air

Question 6

Requires constriction at back of oral cavity

Answer 6

No air from lungs/glottis to velum

Question 7

Air exists between

Answer 7

Velum and lips

Question 8

Only air from velum to lips no

Answer 8

Pulmonic or Glottalic air

Question 9

The tongue as initiator, initiation of air

Answer 9

Front/blade of tongue moving up or down or forward or back

Question 10

Velar if airstream, tongue pushes

Answer 10

Air out or pulls air in

Question 11

Velaric sounds

Answer 11

Non English sounds
But used in English as expressions
Clicks

Question 12

Articulation with Velaric airstream

Answer 12

Closure in oral cavity

Question 13

Place of articulation for click

Answer 13

Bilabial,dental, alveolar

Question 14

For articulation in verlaric airstream need both closure at

Answer 14

Velum and in front part of oral cavity

Question 15

Clicks require

Answer 15

Closure at velum
Front/blade of tongue as initiator
Front/blade of tongue moves down

Ingressive Velaric airstream

Question 16

Clicks are

Answer 16

Ingressive

Question 17

With clicks tongue needs to

Answer 17

Pull air in

Question 18

With clicks air is

Answer 18

Rarefied (pressure drops) suction

Question 19

Bilabial click

Answer 19

Similar to kissing (lips are not rounded though) more like p

Question 20

Dental click

Answer 20

Tut tut, tsk tsk

Question 21

Lateral click

Answer 21

Encourage horse to speed up

Question 22

Alveolar/post alveolar click

Answer 22

Popping, clip clip

Question 23

Palatalalveolar click

Answer 23

Tut tut

Question 24

Velaric egressive sound

Answer 24

Closure at velum
Closure at front of oral cavity
Tongue moves up

Question 25

Velaric egressive sound is physiologically possible but

Answer 25

Not used linguistically in the world

Question 26

Speech disorders and clicks

Answer 26

Cleft palate- p to bilabial click Articulation problems: s, sh,ch all become dental click Down's syndrome: stops, Fricatives-variety of clicks

Question 27

Raspberry

Answer 27

Egressive Velaric airstream

Question 28

Velaric mechanism

Answer 28

Sucking E.g smoking Drinking Playing musical instruments

Question 29

Smoking

Answer 29

Combination of airstreams- Velaric and pulmonic

Question 30

Velaric airstream mechanism

Answer 30

Air-oral cavity (velum to lips) Initiator-tongue Articulation-closure at velum, closure at front of oral cavity

Question 31

Ingressive Velaric mechanism

Answer 31

Tongue moves down Pressure drops,air sucked in Click sounds

Question 32

Other airstreams

Answer 32

Oesophageal Buccal airstream(from cheeks) Air from closure at pharynx