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Definition of Alveolars
1. alveolar [n] - See also: alveolar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alveolars
Literary usage of Alveolars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"It is also framed against the ridge of the alveolars; so that the inner passage
widens immediately into non-frictional dimensions. ..."
2. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1880)
"... the alveolar / with the edge of the tongue laid against the alveolars; the
dental or interdental / in which the flattened surface of the tongue fills up ..."
3. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"I might note that in the case of the alveolars, my attempt at pronunciation with
the blade in ... Of the four laterals, the two alveolars are *anci-. ..."
4. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"I might note that in the case of the alveolars, my attempt at pronunciation with
the blade in contact ... Of the four laterals, the two alveolars are •and-. ..."
5. Harvard African Studies by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology African Dept (1922)
"... h labials: m Nasals alveolars: n palatals: n The consonants q, p, t, d, ( are
not plosives in the most ..."
6. Northern English: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts by Richard John Lloyd (1899)
"... against the outer slope of the alveolars. This leaves a small intra-dental
cavity of very high, shrill resonance, in front of the inner tube. ..."
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