closed-class words

in a language, a category of words that does not readily admit new members, consisting mainly of words that serve key grammatical functions, such as pronouns, prepositions, and determiners (see function word). Compare open-class words.

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November 15th 2024

articulatory phonetics

the branch of phonetics concerned with the relationship between the physiology of the articulatory mechanisms in human beings and the physical properties of human speech sounds. Compare acoustic phonetics.