lisp

1 a speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th

2 a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists [syn: list-processing language] v : speak with a lisp

English

Pronunciation

• Standard: /lɪsp/
• Humorous:
  1. /lɪθp/
  2. /lɪʪp/

Noun

1. The habit or an act of lisping.

Translations

Verb

1. Pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ / ð/) — a defect common amongst children.
2. Speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
3. Speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
4. Pronounce with a lisp.
5. Utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
6. Speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

Translations

See also

• brogue
• drawl
• lilt
• twang

A lisp (OE wlisp, stammering) is a speech impediment, historically also known as sigmatism. Stereotypically, people with a lisp are unable to pronounce sibilants (like the sound [s]), and replace them with interdentals (like the sound [θ]), though there are actually several kinds of lisp. The result is that the speech is unclear.

• "Interdental" lisping is produced when the tip of the tongue protrudes between the front teeth and "dentalised" lisping is produced when the tip of the tongue just touches the front teeth.

• The "lateral" lisp, where the /s/ and /z/ sounds are produced with air escaping over the sides of the tongue, is also called 'slushy ess' or a 'slushy lisp' due to the wet, spitty sound. The symbols for these lateralized sounds are in the Extended International Phonetic Alphabet for speech disorders, [ʪ] and [ʫ].

• Finally, there is the "palatal lisp," where the speaker attempts to make the sounds with the tongue in contact with the palate.

See also

• Speech sound disorder
• Stuttering
• Gay lisp

References

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