Lectures on the science of language: First and second series . teeth, we hear the consonantal noise of t. If webring the lower against the upper lip, we hear theconsonantal noise of p. The •eal difference between 152 HARD those three articulations consists in this, that in p, _ „„ two flat surfaces are Fig. 23. struck against each other; in t, a sharp against aflat surface; in A:, a roundagainst a hollow three principalcontacts can be modifiedalmost indefinitely, insome cases without per-ceptibly altering the ar-ticulation. If we pro-nounce ku, ka, ki, thepoint of contac
Lectures on the science of language: First and second series . teeth, we hear the consonantal noise of t. If webring the lower against the upper lip, we hear theconsonantal noise of p. The •eal difference between 152 HARD those three articulations consists in this, that in p, _ „„ two flat surfaces are Fig. 23. struck against each other; in t, a sharp against aflat surface; in A:, a roundagainst a hollow three principalcontacts can be modifiedalmost indefinitely, insome cases without per-ceptibly altering the ar-ticulation. If we pro-nounce ku, ka, ki, thepoint of contact betweentongue and palate ad-vances considerably without much influence on thecharacter of the initial consonant. The same appliesto the t contact.^ Here the essential point is thatthe tongue should strike against the wall formed bythe teeth. But this contact may be effected — 1. By flattening the tongue and bringing its edgeagainst the alveolar part of the palate. 2. By making the tongue convex, and bringing thelower surface against the dome of the palate (theseare the lingual or cacuminal letters in Sanskrit^). 3. By making the tongue convex, and bringing theupper surface against the palate, the tip against thelow
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