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plosive
(redirected from stop consonant)

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plosive [′plō·siv]
(linguistics)
A primary type of speech sound of the major languages that is characterized by the complete interception of airflow at one or more places along the vocal tract. For example, the English words par, bar, tar, and car begin with plosives.


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Iteration should be used with stop consonants to add emphasis.
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This shift takes place in less than 40 milliseconds, and Tallal speculated that the changing sounds of stop consonants and similar units of speech occur too fast for the kids to catch.
 
 
 
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