Briefly discuss active and passive articulators.
Active Articulator
The active articulator is the part of the vocal tract that moves to create a constriction. The common active articulators, combined with their Latinate adjectives.
Passive Articulator
The passive articulator is a part of the vocal tract that comes close to the formation of active articulatory constriction. (Since most of the active articulators are part of the tongue, most passive articulators are part of the roof of the mouth)
Example
The active and the passive articulator together define the constriction’s place of articulation. It is common to express the combination by joining the active articulator’s adjective with the passive articulator’s adjective for example “labio-dental” is a sound involving the (lower) lip as the active articulator and the (upper) teeth as the passive articulator. as for example “labio-dental” is a sound involving the (lower) lip as the active articulator and the (upper) teeth as the passive articulator.
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