Artikulering
Artikulering, or articulation, is the production of speech sounds through the coordinated movement and shaping of the vocal tract. It is a core topic in articulatory phonetics and explains how abstract phonemes are realized as concrete sounds across languages. The main articulators include the lips, tongue, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, velum, and glottis.
Sounds are categorized by place of articulation (where the constriction occurs), manner of articulation (how the
Physically, articulation results from exhaled air passing through the larynx and oral cavity, with voicing produced
Applied fields include speech-language pathology, where articulation disorders are treated; language teaching; forensic phonetics; and speech