Consonants

Question 1

what is an obstruent?

Answer 1

a consonant that involves significant obstruction of vocal tract

Question 2

what is a sonorant?

Answer 2

a consonant that is a semi-vowel - less constricted that obstruents

Question 3

what are the three types of obstruents?

Answer 3

stop-plosives
fricatives
affricates

Question 4

what are the three main types of sonorants?

Answer 4

liquids
glides
nasals

Question 5

which type of consonant is always voiced?

Answer 5

sonorant

Question 6

this type of obstruent has a complete stop of air

Answer 6

stops

Question 7

this type of consonant has a partial blockage of airflow, which causes turbulence or hissing

Answer 7

fricatives

Question 8

this type of consonant is a stop plus a fricative

Answer 8

affricate

Question 9

when it comes to manner, what are the two main types of English consonants?

Answer 9

obstruents
sonorants

Question 10

when it comes to placement, what are the 7 different consonant types?

Answer 10

1. bilabial
2. labiodental
3. interdental/dental
4. alveolar
5. postalveolar/palatal
6. velar
7. glottal

Question 11

what is a lingual-alveolar flap?

Answer 11

using a flipped /ɾ/ instead of a d or t in the middle of a word (ie butter, city, water, paddle)

Question 12

these types of consonants have the same place and manner but one is unvoiced and one is vocied

Answer 12

cognate pairs

Question 13

what are the three aspects of a consonant?

Answer 13

place, manner and voicing