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Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough or with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow. Therefore, approximants fall between fricatives, which do produce a turbulent airstream, and vowels, which produce no turbulence. This class of sounds includes lateral approximants like [l] (as in less), non-lateral approximants like [ɹ] (as in rest), and semivowels like [j] and [w] (as in yes and west, respectively). Before Peter Ladefoged coined the term "approximant" in the 1960s the term "frictionless continuant" referred to non-lateral approximants. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is an approximant word count range for a presentation that needs to last around 20 minutes? Q. What is an approximant word count range for a presentation that needs to last around 20 minutes? Asked by straussey_wolf - Fri Aug 10 12:49:44 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Seen as you say presentation rather than speech or address, Id say you are aiming at around 2000 words as a maximum. 100 words a minute is a fair clip to be speaking at if you are also demoing examples, slides, etc. With pauses, pace and interruptions, I wouldnt want to be trying to fit more than this in. For your personal style, youll have to practice it and see. Good luck. Answered by Alison P - Tue Aug 14 10:38:57 2007 what`s the difference between a retroflex r and an approximant r? Q. what`s the difference between a retroflex r and an approximant r? Asked by david w - Fri Feb 29 17:11:40 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. I assume you mean a retroflex approximant and an alveolar approximant? Or the retroflex tap/flap and the approximant r? If it's the former, the alveolar approximant 'r' is used, for example, in most English dialects for pronouncing 'r', as opposed to the 'trilled r' which occurs in languages like Italian. The retroflex approximant 'r' is used a lot in American English for pronouncing 'r'. The retroflex tap/flap 'r' is generally heard when it occurs before a tapped 't' in word-medial position, such as with 'sorting'. Word-medial 't' often becomes a tap/flap, such as with 'butter' often being pronounced like 'budder'. Answered by aus_melb - Fri Feb 29 17:46:50 2008 what is pade approximant?
Q. Why do we study pade approximant and what is the background of this? Asked by lai s - Fri May 26 10:09:11 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. yahoo search gives two research sites and you have both of them on your first two answers. Sorry I couldn't find anything else for you to compare with. Answered by g3010 - Fri May 26 10:26:44 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "approximant"  texasrockshop.com 488px x 644px | 47.20kB [source page] Slab 0186 Nephrite Jade Approximant size From Yahoo Image Search: "approximant"  blograw.com admin Wed, 16 May 2007 21:33:13 GM The other variant, so-called dark l found before consonants or word-finally, as in bold or tell , is pronounced as the [[velarized alveolar lateral . approximant. ]] {{IPA|[ ]}} with the tongue assuming a spoon-like shape with its back ... From Google Blog Search: "approximant" |
