Voiced dental and alveolar taps and flaps
The alveolar tap or flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar flaps is [ɾ].
The terms tap and flap may be used interchangeably. Peter Ladefoged proposed for a while that it may be useful to distinguish between them; however, his usage has been inconsistent, contradicting itself even between different editions of the same text.[1] The last proposed distinction was that a tap strikes its point of contact directly, as a very brief stop, whereas a flap strikes the point of contact tangentially: "Flaps are most typically made by retracting the tongue tip behind the alveolar ridge and moving it forward so that it strikes the ridge in passing."[2] However, later on, he no longer felt this was a useful distinction to make, and preferred to use the word flap in all cases.[citation needed]
For linguists who do make the distinction, the coronal tap is transcribed as a fish-hook "r", [ɾ], while the flap is transcribed as a small capital "d", [ᴅ], which is not recognized by the IPA. Otherwise, alveolars and dentals are typically called taps, and other articulations flaps. No language contrasts a tap and a flap at the same place of articulation.
This sound is often analyzed (and therefore transcribed) by native English speakers as an 'R-sound' in many foreign languages. For example, the 'Japanese R' in hara, akira, tora, etc. is actually an alveolar tap. In languages where this segment is present but not phonemic, it is often an allophone of either an alveolar stop ([t], [d] or both) or a rhotic consonant like the alveolar trill or alveolar approximant.
When the alveolar tap is the only rhotic consonant in the language, it may for simplicity be transcribed /r/, i.e. the symbol technically representing the trill.
Voiced alveolar flap
| Voiced alveolar flap | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɾ | |||
| IPA Number | 124 | ||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɾ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+027E | ||
| X-SAMPA | 4 | ||
| Braille |   | ||
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Features
Features of the alveolar tap:
- Its manner of articulation is flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that the tongue makes very brief contact.
- Its place of articulation is dental, alveolar or post-alveolar, which means it is articulated behind upper front teeth, at the alveolar ridge or behind the alveolar ridge. It is most often apical, which means that it is pronounced with the tip of the tongue.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
Dental or denti-alveolar
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian[3] | рьяный | 'zealous' | Apical; palatalized. More common than a dental trill.[3] It contrasts with a post-alveolar trill. See Russian phonology | ||
| Uzbek[4] | ёмғир/[yomg‘ir] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ʝɒ̜mˈʁ̟ɨɾ̪] | 'rain' | Denti-alveolar.[4] | |
Alveolar
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Standard[5] | [rooi] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ɾoːi̯] | 'red' | May be a trill [r] instead.[5] See Afrikaans phonology |
| Arabic | Egyptian[6] | رجل | [ɾeɡl] | 'foot' | Contrasts with emphatic form. See Egyptian Arabic phonology |
| Lebanese | |||||
| Moroccan | |||||
| Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | [ɑɾɑː] | 'ground' | Used predominantly. /ɹ/, however, is used in some dialects | ||
| Armenian | Eastern[7] | րոպե | 'minute' | Contrasts with /r/ in all positions. | |
| Catalan[8] | [mira] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈmiɾə] | 'look' | Contrasts with /r/. See Catalan phonology | |
| Danish[9][10] | [[[Danish alphabet|Vil du med?]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ʋe̝ ɾu ˈme] | 'Are you coming too?' | Possible realization of intervocalic /d/ when it occurs between two unstressed vowels.[9][10] See Danish phonology | |
| English | Received Pronunciation[11] | [better] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈbe̞ɾə] | 'better' | Intervocalic allophone of /t/ for some speakers. See English phonology and flapping |
| Cockney[12] | Intervocalic allophone of /t/. In free variation with [ʔ ~ tʰ ~ tˢ]. See flapping | ||||
| Australian[13] | [ˈbeɾə] | Intervocalic allophone of /t/, and also /d/ among few Australians. Used more often in Australia than in New Zealand. See Australian English phonology and flapping | |||
| New Zealand[14] | [ˈbeɾɘ] | ||||
| Dublin | Intervocalic allophone of /t/ and /d/, present in many dialects. In Local Dublin it can be [ɹ] instead, unlike New and Mainstream. See English phonology and flapping | ||||
| North America[15] | |||||
| Ulster | |||||
| West Country | |||||
| Irish | three | [θɾiː] | 'three' | Conservative accents. Corresponds to [ɹ ~ ɻ ~ ʁ] in other accents. | |
| Scottish[16] | Most speakers. Others use [ɹ ~ r]. | ||||
| Older Received Pronunciation[17] | Allophone of /ɹ/ | ||||
| Scouse[16] | |||||
| South African[16] | Broad speakers. Can be [ɹ ~ r] instead | ||||
| Greek[18] | [[[Greek alphabet|μηρός]]/mirós] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [miˈɾ̠o̞s] | 'thigh' | Somewhat retracted. Most common realization of /r/. See Modern Greek phonology | |
| Hindustani | अर्थ/ارتھ | [əɾt̪ʰ] | 'meaning' | See Hindustani phonology | |
| Limburgish | Hasselt dialect[19] | [weuren] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈβ̞ø̠ːɾən] | '(they) were' | Possible intervocalic allophone of /r/; may be uvular [ʀ̆] instead.[19] |
| Portuguese[20] | [prato] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈpɾatu] | 'dish' | Dental to retroflex allophones, varying by dialect. Contrasts with /ʁ/, with its guttural allophones and, in all positions, with its archaic form [r]. See Portuguese phonology | |
| Scottish Gaelic | [mòr] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [moːɾ] | 'big' | Both the lenited and non-initial broad form of r. Often transcribed simply as /r/. The initial unlenited broad form is /rˠ/ (also transcribed as /ᵲ/ or /R/) while the slender form is /ɾʲ/ ([ð] in some dialects). See Scottish Gaelic phonology. | |
| Slovene[21] | [amarant] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [amaˈɾaːn̪t̪] | 'amaranth' | Also described as trill [r],[22] and variable between trill [r] and tap [ɾ].[23] See Slovene phonology | |
| Spanish[24] | [caro] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈkaɾo̞] | 'expensive' | Contrasts with /r/. See Spanish phonology | |
| Tagalog | [barya] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [bɐɾˈja] | 'coin' | Once allophones with /d/. May also be pronounced as a trill /r/[25] or an approximant /ɹ/. See Tagalog phonology | |
| Turkish[26] | [ara] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈäɾä] | 'interval' | Intervocalic realization of /ɾ/.[26] See Turkish phonology | |
| Yiddish | Standard[27] | בריק | [bɾɪk] | 'bridge' | Less commonly a trill [r]; can be uvular [ʀ̆ ~ ʀ] instead.[27] See Yiddish phonology |
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[28] | ran | [ɾaŋ] | 'to see' | |
Postalveolar
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gokana[29] | bele | [bēɾ̠ē] | 'we' | Allophone of /l/, medially between vowels within the morpheme, and finally in the morpheme before a following vowel in the same word. It can be a post-alveolar trill or simply [l] instead.[29] | |
| Japanese[30] | 心/kokoro | 'heart' | Allophone of /ɺ/. See Japanese phonology | ||
| Shipibo[31] | ? | [ˈɾ̠o̽ɾ̠o̽] | 'to break into pieces' | Possible realization of /r/.[31] | |
Variable
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Standard[32] | [Rübe] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈɾÿːbə] | 'beet' | Varies between apical dental and apical alveolar; may be a trill instead.[32] See German phonology |
Voiced alveolar tapped fricative
| Voiced alveolar tapped fricative | |
|---|---|
| ɾ̞ | |
| IPA Number | 124 430 |
| Audio sample | |
A tapped fricative is in effect a very brief fricative, with the tongue making the gesture for a tapped stop but not making full contact. This can be indicated in the IPA with the lowering diacritic to show full occlusion did not occur. Flapped fricatives are theoretically possible but are not attested.[33]
Features
Features of the voiced alveolar tapped fricative:
- Its manner of articulation is tapped fricative, which means the tongue makes a brief obstruction sufficient to create frication.
- Its place of articulation is apical alveolar, which means it is articulated with the tip of the tongue at the alveolar ridge.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
Reported from Turkish in a single source.[26] In Tacana per UPSID.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aragonese | Pyrenean[34] | [aire] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈäi̯ɾ̞e̞] | 'air' | Common realization of /ɾ/.[34] |
| Spanish[35] | [aire] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈäi̯ɾ̞e̞] | 'air' | Possible realization of /ɾ/.[35] See Spanish phonology | |
| Tacana[36] | [example needed] | ||||
| Turkish[26] | [rüya] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ˈɾ̞ÿjä] | 'dream' | Word-initial allophone of /ɾ/.[26] See Turkish phonology | |
Alveolar nasal flap
| Alveolar nasal flap | |
|---|---|
| ɾ̃ | |
| n̆ | |
| IPA Number | 124 424 |
| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | 4~ |
Features
Features of the alveolar nasal flap:
- Its manner of articulation is flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that the tongue makes very brief contact.
- Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English[37] | Estuary | [twenty] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | 'twenty' | Allophone of unstressed intervocallic /nt/ for some speakers. See English phonology, North American English regional phonology and flapping | |
| North American[38] | |||||
See also
References
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- ^ a b Skalozub (1963:?); cited in Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996:221)
- ^ a b Sjoberg (1963:13)
- ^ a b Lass (1987), p. 117.
- ^ Watson (2002:16)
- ^ Dum-Tragut (2009:19)
- ^ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:53)
- ^ a b Grønnum (2005:157)
- ^ a b Basbøll (2005:126)
- ^ "Wells: Syllabification and allophony". Phon.ucl.ac.uk.
- ^ Wells (1982:324–325)
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- ^ Trudgill & Hannah (2002:24)
- ^ Ogden (2009:114)
- ^ a b c Ogden (2009:92)
- ^ Wise (1957:?)
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- ^ a b Peters (2006), p. 118.
- ^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)
- ^ Šuštaršič, Komar & Petek (1999:135)
- ^ Pretnar & Tokarz (1980:21)
- ^ Greenberg (2006:17 and 20)
- ^ Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003:255)
- ^ Schachter and Reid (2008)
- ^ a b c d e Yavuz & Balcı (2011:25)
- ^ a b Kleine (2003:263)
- ^ Merrill (2008:108)
- ^ a b L.F. Brosnahan. "Outlines of the phonology of the Gokana dialect of Ogoni" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Okada (1991:118)
- ^ a b Valenzuela, Márquez Pinedo & Maddieson (2001:282)
- ^ a b Mangold (2005:53)
- ^ Laver (1994) Principles of Phonetics, p. 263.
- ^ a b Mott (2007:104, 112)
- ^ a b Mott (2007:112)
- ^ "UPSID r[F". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Kwan-Young Oh. "Reanalysis of Flapping on Level Approach". Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Tomasz P. Szynalski. "Flap t FAQ". Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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