Meanings
noundouble articulation (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesproperty of speech which allows creation of potentially infinite number of meaningful language sequences out of a limited number of meaningless elements called phonemes
Origin
The concept was introduced in 1960 by the French linguist André Martinet.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan doble articulació
- doble articulacióproperty of speech
Finnish kaksoisjäsennys
- kaksoisjäsennysproperty of speech
French double articulation
- double articulationproperty of speech
Japanese 二重分節
- 二重分節 (nijū bunsetsu)property of speech
Polish podwójna artykulacja
- podwójna artykulacjaproperty of speech
Spanish doble articulación
- doble articulaciónproperty of speech
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with double articulation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
double articulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20articulation
MLA
“double articulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20articulation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double articulation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20articulation.
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