Tongue joints are divided into first joint and second joint. Talking about them means emphasizing how the communication process through which we interact socially takes place.
When expressing our ideas, we make use of word combinations, which are associated with what we call linguistic signs. These signs, in turn, are constituted by the signifier and the meaning, which is related to the psychic image that is automatically formed; and the one related to the material part, that is, formed by the graphical representation. In this sense, when we think of the word “house”, we form in our mind an image linked to housing, housing = meaning. A sound image is also processed in our brain, phonetically represented by /c/a/z/a.
Thus, when we build our discourse, we relate these signs through a short logical sequence. For example:
Do not stop now... There's more after the advertising ;)
The boy is happy,
rather than:
Glad is boy the.
We thus affirm that such a combination is the first tongue articulation.
THE second joint it concerns the combination of phonemes within each linguistic sign. Therefore, when we pronounce words like:
/p/a/to
/r/a/t/o
/m/a/t/a
/b/a/t/a
We realize that one is distinguished from the other through phonic units, called phonemes, here represented by oblique lines //. This differentiation is intrinsically related to the meaning that words have.
Reinforcing: the first articulation concerns the combination we make of linguistic signs, forming logical sequences; and the second refers to the combination we make of phonemes, which are associated with these signs.
By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
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DUARTE, Vânia Maria do Nascimento. "Language articulations"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/gramatica/articulacoes-lingua.htm. Accessed on June 28, 2021.