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English Phonetics Lesson 3

This document discusses the classification of consonant sounds in English phonetics. It covers two aspects of consonant classification: place of articulation and manner of articulation. Place of articulation refers to where in the vocal tract a consonant sound is produced, such as bilabial, alveolar, or velar. Manner of articulation describes how the air flow is obstructed during sound production, such as plosives, fricatives, nasals, and glides. The document provides examples of consonant sounds for each place and manner of articulation.

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English Phonetics Lesson 3

This document discusses the classification of consonant sounds in English phonetics. It covers two aspects of consonant classification: place of articulation and manner of articulation. Place of articulation refers to where in the vocal tract a consonant sound is produced, such as bilabial, alveolar, or velar. Manner of articulation describes how the air flow is obstructed during sound production, such as plosives, fricatives, nasals, and glides. The document provides examples of consonant sounds for each place and manner of articulation.

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English phonetics

Lesson 3
Place of articulation

Manner of articulation
Consonants
Voicing
classification
Place of articulation:

What organs are replaced in the speech production.

In other words, where to place speech organs to produce speech sounds.

To produce consonant sounds, we involve two body parts.

Ex : /p/, /b/
PLACE OF ARTICULATION
Place of
articulation
Place of articulation
1) Bilabials (ex: /p/, /b/, /w/, /m/ ) = using the upper lip+ the lower lip
2) Labio-dentals (ex: /v/, /f/ ) = using the lower lip+ the upper teeth
3) Interdentals (ex: /θ/, /ð/= tongue+the teeth
4) Alveolars (ex: /d/, /t/, /s/, /z/, /l/, /n/= using alveolar ridge+tongue
5) Alveo- palatal ( ex: /r/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /ʈʃ/ ,/dʒ/= alveolar ridge+ hard palate+ tongue
6) Palatal (ex: /j/) = hard palate+tongue
7) Velar (ex: /k/, /g/, /ŋ/)= soft palate+tongue
8) Glottal (ex: /h/) = between the vocal cords
Manner of articulation
The manner of articulation refers to the way airflow is controlled in
the production of a linguistic sound.
1) Plosives : sounds produced by obstructing the airstream in the
oral cavity and then releasing it.
2) fricative: is formed when the stricture is very narrow (but without
total closure) so that when air flows out, a hissing noise is made.
3) Affricates: sounds made by a combination of the stop and
fricative. The airstream is briefly stopped, and then the
articulators are released slightly
Manner of articulation
1) Nasals: sounds produced in the nasal; the velum is
lowered, and the air stream escapes out through the
nasal cavity.
2) Laterals : sounds produced in the oral cavity with some
obstruction of air stream in the mouth, but there is no
friction in the production of these sounds.
3) Glides: sounds produced with little obstruction of the
airstream.
Manner of
articulation
Bilabial stops: [p] [b]
as in “pot” and “bee”
Alveolar stops: [t] [d]
as in “two” and “do”
Velar stops: [k] [g] as
in “car” and “go”
Manner of
articulation
Fricatives
Labio-dental: [f] and
[v] as in “fun” and
“vote”
Alveolar: [s] and [z]
as in “so” and “zoo”
Manner of
articulation

Dental or interdental sounds


Think /θ/
This /ð/
Manner of
articulation

Affricates :
[tʃ] as in “watch”
and [dʒ] as in “joy”
Manner of
articulation
The 3 nasal sounds
in English are:
[m] as in “me” [n]
as in “no” [ŋ] as in
“ring
Manner of
articulation

In English, the two


laterals are:
[l] as in “love” [r] as
is “rot”
Manner of articulation
Glides are also known as semivowels. If the vocal tract
were any more open these would be classified as vowels.
These sounds must be preceded or followed by a vowel. In
English the two glides are: [y] as in yet [w] as in wet
Even though they are vowel-like in their articulation, the
sounds are consonants since they cannot function as the
nucleus of a syllable.

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