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    The document describes the place of articulation of various consonant sounds in English. It explains that consonants can be classified based on the active articulator (tongue, lips, etc.) and passive articulator involved (teeth, palate, etc.). It then provides examples of consonant sounds classified by their place of articulation, including bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal, and labiovelar places. For each place, it specifies the active and passive articulators and provides example words containing those consonant sounds.

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    The document describes the place of articulation of various consonant sounds in English. It explains that consonants can be classified based on the active articulator (tongue, lips, etc.) and passive articulator involved (teeth, palate, etc.). It then provides examples of consonant sounds classified by their place of articulation, including bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal, and labiovelar places. For each place, it specifies the active and passive articulators and provides example words containing those consonant sounds.

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    The document describes the place of articulation of various consonant sounds in English. It explains that consonants can be classified based on the active articulator (tongue, lips, etc.) and passive articulator involved (teeth, palate, etc.). It then provides examples of consonant sounds classified by their place of articulation, including bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal, and labiovelar places. For each place, it specifies the active and passive articulators and provides example words containing those consonant sounds.

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    The document describes the place of articulation of various consonant sounds in English. It explains that consonants can be classified based on the active articulator (tongue, lips, etc.) and passive articulator involved (teeth, palate, etc.). It then provides examples of consonant sounds classified by their place of articulation, including bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal, and labiovelar places. For each place, it specifies the active and passive articulators and provides example words containing those consonant sounds.

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    Description of Consonants

    According to the Place of


    Articulation
    Class: II M.A. –S3PEL11-Unit:I
    Faculty: Dr.G.Arunachalam
    • Consonants can be described according to the place of
    articulation or the articulators involved in the articulation.
    • The label of the consonant is derived from the name of the
    passive articulator.
    • The position of the glottis determines if a sound is voiced or
    voiceless.
    • The position of the soft palate determines if a sound is an oral
    sound or a nasal sound
    Bilabial consonants

    • Active Articulator : Lower lip


    • Passive Articulator : Upper lip

    • Sounds: /p/ /b/ /m/


    • pot, ball, man
    Labio- Dental
    • Active Articulator : Lower lip
    • Passive Articulators : the upper front teeth

    • Sounds: /f/ /v/

    • Fan, van
    Dental or Interdental
    • Active Articulator : the blade of the tongue
    • Passive Articulators : the upper front teeth

    • Sounds: // / ð/

    • thin, then
    Alveolar
    • Active Articulator : the tip or the blade of the tongue
    • Passive Articulator : the teeth-ridge or alveolar-ridge or alveolum

    • Sounds: /t/ /d/ /n/ /s/ /z/ /l/

    • tin, din, nib, sip, zebra, light


    Post - Alveolar
    • Active Articulator : the tip of the tongue

    • Passive Articulator : the part of the roof of the mouth that lies
    immediately after the teeth- ridge

    • Sounds: /r/

    • road, rib, car try


    Palatal- Alveolar
    • Active Articulators : the blade of the tongue and the front of the
    tongue
    • Passive Articulator: the teeth-ridge and the hard palate
    (the blade of the tongue touches or brought very close to the teeth-ridge and,
    at the same time, the front of the tongue is brought very close to the hard
    palate)

    • Sounds: /tʃ/ - church, match, nature


    /dʒ/- judge, age, soldier
    /ʃ/ - ship, sure, national
    /ʒ/ - pleasure, vision
    Palatal
    • Active Articulator : the front of the tongue

    • Passive Articulator: the hard palate

    • Sounds: /j/

    • Yes, you
    Velar
    • Active Articulator : the back of the tongue

    • Passive Articulator: the soft palate or velum

    • Sounds: /k/ /g/ /ŋ


    • kin, god, sing
    Glottal
    • Articulators : the two vocal cords

    • Sound: /h/

    • Hen , hat
    Labial-Velar (Labio-Velar)
    • Active Articulators : the back of the tongue and the lower lip

    • Passive Articulator : the soft palate and the upper lip

    • Sound: /w/

    • Wise, wet

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