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Sounds of English: Consonants

Mitzvah Villeda

Created on October 11, 2023

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Created by: Mitzvah Villeda

Defining Phonetics

Defining Phonetics

Voicing

Place of articulation

Manner of articulation

consonant chart

Below is a final chart that organizes all studied consonants!
Click to hear each phoneme.

tʃ

dʒ

(w)

About the creator

Place of articulation:Dental

It involves the tongue and teeth.

Place of articulation:Labiodentals

Produced by obstruction of airflow with the lower lip and upper teeth. Such with the phonemes /f/ and /v/,

Place of articulation:Postalveolar

It involves the tip of the tongue touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

Place of articulation:Bilabial

Sound articulation involves both lips, such as in the phonemes /b/ and /p/.

Place of articulation:Velar

It involves the back of the tongue touching the soft palate (the velum).

Objectives:

Creator: Mitzvah Villeda

The goal of this multimodal project is to provide an introduction to:

  • the English phonetic system, particularly with consonants
  • the process of phonetic production
  • the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English

About the creator

About this project:This project was created for the ENG 555 General Linguistics course at East Texas A&M University (ETAMU) for the Fall 2023 semester.

References: Meyer, C. F. (2009). Introducing English Linguistics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

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Place of articulation:Glottal

It involves bringing in the vocal folds close together to make a hissing sound.

Place of articulation:Alveolar

Sound is produced by obstructing airflow by placing the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge.

About Mitzvah Villeda

Mitzvah Villeda (M.A. in Spanish Language Teaching) studied at East Texas A&M University (ETAMU) and is from Dallas, TX.Her past thesis research was related to language curriculum analysis. Villeda is currently pursuing a second Master's degree in Applied Linguistics (TESOL emphasis) at ETAMU. Her research interests include second language acquisition (SLA) and Spanish as a heritage language (SHL). Her goal is to provide sound educational language resources and support teachers through effective professional development.

About this project:This project was created for the ENG 555 General Linguistics course at East Texas A&M University for the Fall 2023 semester.

Place of articulation:Palatal

It involves the front of the tongue touching the hard palate.