Articulation Disorders

verb speaking with a lisp, a speech defect characterized by the inability to pronounce sibilant consonants

• The child's lisping speech impediment required speech therapy.
• She found his lisping accent charming.
• I can't understand what he's saying with all that lisping.
• Her lisping laughter filled the room with joy.

adjective describing something that lacks sound or vocalization

• The voiceless victims of the war are often overlooked in discussions of conflict resolution.
• The voiceless kids in the classroom need to be encouraged to speak up more.
• It's not cool to ignore the voiceless in our community.
• Her artwork was a powerful expression of the voiceless suffering in society.

adjective relating to or characterized by affrication, a type of consonantal sound that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative

• The linguist explained that the sound 'ch' in the word 'church' is affricated.
• I always struggle with pronouncing words that have affricated sounds.
• I can't stand how some people over-affricate their words when they talk.
• Her affricated laughter filled the room with joy.