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tongue root

[Subentry of tongue₁]

Fr    base de la langue, racine de la langue, radix

Synonym(s): radix

Domain: Phonology

Source(s): Akmajian etal. 1984: 109; Collinge 1990: 5-6; Crystal 2003: 403; Dell 1980[trans.]: 41 (root of the tongue); Dineen 1967: 24; ELL: 5167 (# 2); Hartmann & Stork 1972: 199 (a); MacKay 1989: 215; Matthews 1997: 380; Nash 1968: 207 (root of the tongue), 246; Onishi 1981: 619; Richards etal. 1992: 271-272; Trask 1996: 312 (# 1)

Sub-entries:

• advanced tongue root (ATR)
• retracted tongue root

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