| Lemma | pharyngeal catch |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hockett (1958) |
| Titolo | A Course in Modern Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | pharyngeal spirant (inglese) pharyngealized (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | As in the larynx, a complete closure can be made in the lower pharyngeal region, by drawing the root of the tongue back against the back wall of the passage. This produces a ‘pharyngeal catch’, which occurs as a speech sound in some dialect of Arabic. |