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English Phonetics & Phonology I

THE ENGLISH CONSONANT SYSTEM

Definition

Introduction here

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DESCRIPTION & CLASSIFICATION

1. Are the VF in action or not? 2. How strong are the breath force and muscular effort involved in the articulation? 3. Is the velum up or down? 4. Where does the inteference to the air flow occur? 5. What kind of interference is it?

BREATH FORCE AND MUSCULAR EFFORT (ENERGY)

PLACE OF ARTICULATION

Bilabial

Dental

Labio-dental

Alveolar

Post-alveolar

Glottal

Palatal

Velar

SECONDARY ARTICULATION

What is SECONDARY ARTICULATION? - A simultaneous approximation of another pair of articulators - More open and less important than the primary articulation EXAMPLES: -ization Velarization (dark /l/ /w/)- Palatalization (palato-alveolar consonants) - Labialization

Palato-alveolar

More on secondary articulation

MANNER OF ARTICULATION

Fricatives

/h/

Plosives

Taps

Affricates

Rolls

MANNER OF ARTICULATION

  • Velum must be lowered
  • There must be stricture of complete closure somewhere in the mouth

Nasals

Lateral

  • The articulators are too open to cause any friction

Approximants & semi-vowels

Summary

PRACTICE

Answer the questionnaire on consonants. Click on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GrjXp5CipOcUjt154f8axpvMx38jTHnFKJXZOm7dO0Q/edit

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