vibratives

Updated: May 3, 2025

Explosives are consonants in uttering which there is complete closure with a sudden opening of the resonance-chambers in front, as in b and p. Representation of the relative position of the parts and the resulting shape of the sounding chamber when the consonants indicated are formed vocally. Vibratives call for an almost complete closure of the door and a vibration of its margin, as in r.

Wesley Mills - Voice Production in Singing and Speaking: Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)