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Manner of Articulation

This document discusses the different types of sounds in human speech, classified by their manner of articulation. It describes stops/plosives as sounds where the air stream stops briefly in the mouth before exploding out. Fricatives involve an almost blocked air stream that is released through a narrow opening, creating friction. Affricates combine a brief stop with a fricative release. Nasals use the nasal cavity to release air. Liquids include [l] and [r] which are voiced. Glides involve tongue motion during vowel-like sounds. Long vowels have the same pronunciation as their letter name, while short vowels are shorter forms.

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Manner of Articulation

This document discusses the different types of sounds in human speech, classified by their manner of articulation. It describes stops/plosives as sounds where the air stream stops briefly in the mouth before exploding out. Fricatives involve an almost blocked air stream that is released through a narrow opening, creating friction. Affricates combine a brief stop with a fricative release. Nasals use the nasal cavity to release air. Liquids include [l] and [r] which are voiced. Glides involve tongue motion during vowel-like sounds. Long vowels have the same pronunciation as their letter name, while short vowels are shorter forms.

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Manner of articulation

in manner of articulation we study how the sound is made at various


location or various parts of our mouth in vocal tract.
Stops or plosives while pronouncing such sounds, air stream stops in
the mouth for a short time and then is released like an explosion. We give
a full description of a stop or plosive. E.g. [p] is voiceless bilabial stop; [d]
is voiced alveolar stop. The set [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g] all are stops or
plosives.
Fricatives Almost blocking of air stream and release through a narrow
opening, sounds produce in this manner are called fricatives as it creates
the effect like friction. We can feel the effect of stream of air being pushed
out if we put our hands in front of our mouth. The set [f], [v], [θ], [ð], [s],
[z], [ʃ], [ʒ] all are fricatives, and [h] is usually included in fricatives.
Affricates combining brief stopping of air stream with obstructed release
which results in some friction such sounds are called affricates. [tʃ], [dʒ]
are two affricates, while [tʃ] is a voiceless and [dʒ] is a voiced affricate.
Nasals These sounds are produced by the release of air through the nasal
cavity, [m], [n] and[ŋ] are three nasals and all nasals are
voiced .Liquids[l] and [r] are two liquids and both are voiced. [l] is called
a lateral liquid which is produced when the air stream flow around the
sides of tongue and the tip of the tongue touches the mid of alveolar
ridge. In [r], tongue tip is raised and curled back near the alveolar
ridge .Glides sounds typically produce, when the tongue is in motion or
in the position to form a vowel sound, also called semi vowels. [w] and [y]
are both glides and voiced,
Long vowel is the term used to refer to vowel sounds whose
pronunciation is the same as its letter name. The five vowels of the
English spelling system ('a', 'e,' 'i,' 'o,' and 'u') each have a corresponding
long vowel sound /eɪ/, /i/, /ɑɪ/, /oʊ/, /yu/. Long vowels are generally the
easiest vowels for non-native English speakers to distinguish and
pronounce correctly.
Short vowels are vowel sounds that are pronounced in a short form. In RP
English the short vowel sounds are a /æ/: cat /kæt/,e /ɛ/: bed /bɛd/, i /ɪ/:
sit /sɪt/, o /ɑ/: top /tɑp/, u /ʌ/: sun /sʌn/ etc.

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