| Lemma | laxness of articulation |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Harris (1951) |
| Titolo | Methods in Structural Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | duration of phonemes (inglese) feature of speech (inglese) long contour (inglese) utterance-final tone sequence (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | Many utterance-final tone sequences, such as 20, are accompanied by an increased duration of phonemes and a laxness of articulation: in 'Look at his book.' the second [u] is longer than the first. We must therefore be prepared to recognize long contours (or fixed sequences) representing combinations of various features of speech. |