What is a lateral flap?

A lateral flap is a family of consonantal sounds, used in some spoken languages. There are four attested or claimed lateral flaps in the world’s languages: A velar lateral flap [ʟ̆] occurs allophonically in Melpa and a few other languages of New Guinea.

How is lateral Approximant produced?

It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle. The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.

What sound is ʎ?

The voiced palatal lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʎ⟩, a rotated lowercase letter ⟨y⟩ (not to be confused with lowercase lambda, ⟨λ⟩), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L .

What is the difference between a tap and a flap?

One proposed version of the distinction was that a tap strikes its point of contact directly, as a very brief stop, but a flap strikes the point of contact tangentially: “Flaps are most typically made by retracting the tongue tip behind the alveolar ridge and moving it forward so that it strikes the ridge in passing.”

What is groin flap?

The groin flap is a vascularized axial flap based on the superficial circumflex iliac artery arising from the femoral artery just below the inguinal ligament. It is used regularly by many reconstructive surgeons for covering soft tissue defects of the hand.

Where is the lateral arm?

The lateral arm has a large fascial component located anterior and posterior to the lateral intermuscular septum, which itself lies between the triceps and the brachialis and brachioradialis muscles. It is perfused by the posterior radial collateral artery (PRCA), one of the terminal branches of the profunda brachii.

What is Retroflex linguistics?

retroflex, in phonetics, a consonant sound produced with the tip of the tongue curled back toward the hard palate.

What is the j sound in IPA?

In Received Pronunciation and in General American, the IPA phonetic symbol /dʒ/ corresponds to the initial consonant sound in words like “job”, and “jet” and the final one in “page” and “change”. /dʒ/ is a voiced consonant; its unvoiced counterpart is IPA phoneme /tʃ/.

Is the alveolar flap voiced?

Alveolar nasal tap and flap Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation. It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.

What are the rules involved for tapping flapping?

The flapping rule Flapping is a rule stating that an intervocalic /t/ or /d/ surfaces as an alveolar flap [ɾ] before an unstressed vowel (Riehl, 2003).