Question

The roof of the mouth is:

• A. Artificial articulator
• B. Active articulator
• C. Contrastive articulator
• D. Passive articulator

Hint:

Passive articulators, like the roof of the mouth, provide a fixed surface against which active articulators produce speech sounds.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

In phonetics, the roof of the mouth is classified as a passive articulator. Passive articulators do not move; instead, they form the surface against which the active articulators (such as the tongue) make contact to produce speech sounds.