Articulatory phonetics

The articulatory phonetics is the field of phonetics, which is concerned with the articulation of individual sounds. It examines the movements of the lips, tongue and jaw ( the active articulators ) in relation to the teeth, the alveoli, the hard and soft palate, etc. ( the passive articulators ).

One of the most important techniques of articulatory phonetics is the Palatografie. In traditional Palatografie the palate of a speaker with black powder coated. Having a sound articulated, his palate and his tongue is photographed to determine exactly where has taken what part of the tongue on the palate. The Elektropalatografie achieves the same purpose, but. Means of electrodes instead of black powder