ì Chapter 3 Part 1
Phone'cs Engl 328
Hayfa Alhomaid
Which should study first, consonants or vowels?
How we describe and classify English consonants
How we describe and classify English consonants
Place of ar'cula'on
• Bilabial • Labio-‐dental • Dental • Alveolar • Palato-‐alveolar • Palatal • Velar • GloDal
Voicing • Voiced • Voiceless
Manner of ar'cula'on
• Plosives • Frica'ves • Affricates • Nasals • Laterals • Approximants
Consonants
Place of Articulators
Dental
t d s z n l ʃ ʒ tʃ dʒ r j Alveolar Palato-‐alveolar
Plosives
Complete closure in the vocal tract, followed by a sudden release of air.
Bilabial Plosives
/p/
/b/
Alveolar Plosives
/t/
/d/
Velar Plosives
/k/
/g/
Voiceless
Voiced
Place of Ar'cula'on
Voicing
Fricatives
The air passing through a very narrow passage making a hissing sound.
Labio-‐dental Frica'ves
/f/
/v/
Dental Frica'ves
/θ/
/ð/
Alveolar Frica'ves
/s/
/z/
Palato-‐alveolar Frica'ves
/ʃ/
/ʒ/
GloDal Frica've
/h/ Voiceless
Voiced
Place of Ar'cula'on
Voicing
Affricates
Begin as plosives and end as frica'ves
Palato-‐alveolar Affricates
/ʈʃ/
/dʒ/
Voiceless
Voiced
Place of Ar'cula'on
Voicing
Nasals
Produces with the soX palate lowered to allow the air to pass through the nose
Bilabial Nasal
/m/
Alveolar Nasal
/n/
Velar Nasal
/ŋ/ Voiced
Place of Ar'cula'on
Voicing
Laterals
A complete closure between the front of the tongue and some part of the hard palate and the air escaping along the sides of the tongue
Alveolar Lateral
/l/ Voiced
Place of Ar'cula'on Vo
icing
Approximants
The ar'culators approaching each other but not close enough to produce a closure or fric'on so the air escapes freely through the gap between the ar'culators.
Palato-‐alveolar Approximants
/r/
Bilabial Approximants
/w/
Palatal Approximants
/j/ Voiced
Place of Ar'cula'on
Voicing
Assistant websites
ì hDp://web.mit.edu/6.mitx/www/24.900%20IPA/IPAapp.html
ì hDp://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm
ì hDp://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ar'cle/phonemic-‐chart
This is all for today
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