articulators
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More than spoken languages, sign languages can convey meaning by simultaneous means, e.g. by the use of space, two manual articulators, and the signer's face and body.
Passive articulators remain static during the articulation of sound.
Rachael-Anne Knight(2012), Phonetics- A course book, Cambridge University Press, p.27 Upper lips, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, soft palate, uvula, and pharynx wall are passive articulators.
Speech organs or articulators are of two types: passive articulators and active articulators.
Table of gestures and passive articulators and resulting places of articulation The following table shows the possible combinations of active and passive articulators.
The use of two manual articulators is subject to motor constraints, resulting in a large extent of symmetry Battison, Robbin (1978).