Major Phonetic Classes

Question 1

continuants

Answer 1

no/little obstruction of the airstream in oral cavity

Question 2

noncontinuants

Answer 2

total obstruction of the airstream in oral cavity

Question 3

obstruents

Answer 3

fully/nearly fully obstructed airstream/non-nasal stops, fricatives, affricatives

Question 4

sonorants

Answer 4

air is allowed to resonate/vowels, nasal stops, liquids, glides

Question 5

consonantal

Answer 5

subclass of consonants: obstruents, nasal stops, liquids

Question 6

labials

Answer 6

sounds articulated by lips/subclass of bilabial, labiodentals, labiovelars

Question 7

what symbols are in labials

Answer 7

[p], [b], [m], [f], [v], [w], [ʍ]

Question 8

coronals

Answer 8

sounds articulated by raising the tongue blade/subclass of interdentals, alveolars, palatals, affricates, liquids

Question 9

what symbols are coronals

Answer 9

[θ], [ð], [t], [d], [n], [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ], [ʧ], [ʤ], [l], [r]

Question 10

anteriors

Answer 10

sounds produced at the front of the mouth/subclass of labials, interdentals, alveolars

Question 11

what symbols are anteriors

Answer 11

[p], [b], [m], [f], [v], [θ], [ð], [t], [d], [n], [s], [z]

Question 12

sibilants

Answer 12

hissing sounds/subclass of high-frequency sounds

Question 13

what symbols are sibilants

Answer 13

[s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ], [ʧ], [ʤ]