Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

realizzazione in dentale cacuminale

English translation:

retroflex realization

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Apr 15, 2018 22:11
6 yrs ago
Italian term

realizzazione in dentale cacuminale

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Contesto:

Nella Calabria e nel Salento, e cioè nelle regioni più estreme del Sud, sono invece diffusi tratti che si ritrovano anche in Sicilia: il più notevole è quello della realizzazione in dentale cacuminale (il famoso cavaddu per "cavallo") della laterale rafforzata "-ll-".

Molte Grazie,

Barbara
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Apr 20, 2018 13:07: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

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retroflex realization

The retroflex phonetic realization of the /ll/ phoneme.


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Phonemes are realized as individual sounds (phones), instances of the categories, that may differ from one another but are centered on a prototypical member.
http://www.indiana.edu/~hlw/PhonProcess/contexts.html
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Reference comments

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Reference:

(palatale), alla base della corona gengivale interna superiore (dentale cacuminale: a Gallipoli e relativo circondario ddh, altrove ddhr o ddr o dd). - https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussioni:Salentinu
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retroflex consonant

A retroflex consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate. They are sometimes referred to as cerebral consonants, especially in Indology. Other terms occasionally encountered are apico-domal and cacuminal.

The Latin-derived word retroflex means "bent back"; some retroflex consonants are pronounced with the tongue fully curled back so that articulation involves the underside of the tongue tip (subapical). These sounds are sometimes described as "true" retroflex consonants. However, retroflexes are commonly taken to include other consonants having a similar place of articulation without such extreme curling of the tongue; these may be articulated with the tongue tip (apical) or the tongue blade (laminal).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_consonant

Also called: cerebral
relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
noun
2.
a consonant articulated in this manner
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Word origin of 'cacuminal'
C19: from Latin cacūmen point, top

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cacumin...
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Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Michele Fauble : Yes, the retroflex phonetic realization of the /ll/ phoneme.
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