maintenance rehearsaln
see rehearsal
majority languagen
the language spoken by the majority of the population in a country, such as
English in the USA. A language spoken by a group of people who form a
minority within a country is known as a minority language, such as Italian
and Spanish in the USA.
see also community language, national language
Mancovan
an abbreviation for multivariate analysis of covariance
manner of articulationn
the way in which a speech sound is produced by the speech organs. There
are different ways of producing a speech sound. With consonantsthe
airstream may be:
a stopped and released suddenly (a stop), e.g. /t /
b allowed to escape with friction (a fricative), e.g. / f /
c stopped and then released slowly with friction (an affricate), e.g.
/dè/ as in /dèem / gem.
The vocal cords may be vibrating (a voiced speech sound) or not (a voice-
less speech sound) (see voice^2 ).
With vowels, in addition to the position of the tongue in the mouth, the
lips may be:
a rounded, e.g. for /up/ in /àup/ shoe; or
b spread, e.g. for /ip/ in /mipn/ mean.
see also frictionless continuant, lateral, nasal, place of
articulation
Manovan
an abbreviation for multivariate analysis of variance
manualistn
see sign language
manual methodn
a method for teaching the hearing impaired, based on the use of sign-
language. There are many different manual communication systems; some,
such as American Sign Language (A.S.L.) have their own linguistic rules
which do not resemble the grammar of English. Those who are entirely
dependent on A.S.L. or similar manual codes may therefore have difficulty
manual method