The usual symbol for high in tone or intonation analyses. In intonational analysis the symbol used to represent a high tone associated to an accented syllable. One of the small bones of the middle ear. A term sometimes used with reference to Slavonic languages. Many of these languages have a phonological distinction which is signalled by the presence or absence of palatalisation of consonants.
Hard consonant is the term used for the non-palatalised variety.
Hard palate An area of the roof of the oral cavity lying between the alveolar ridge and the soft palate. The hard palate is the passive articulator for palatal and for retroflex sounds. A component in the spectrum of a periodic sound. Harmonics occur at integer multiples of the sound's fundamental frequency. The decomposition of a complex periodic sound into its components.