Manner of Articulation Flashcards
Plosives description
When an active articulator comes into firm contact with a passive one, forming a stricture of complete closure, the air-streem is built up behind the closure. The air is compressed by the articulators and it comes out with force or in an explosive way, this is called with plosion. These phonemes come in pairs, for every voiceless sound there is a voiced sound. This is called COUNTERPARTS
Plosive consonants
/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/
Fricative description
When an active articulator comes into light contact with a passive one, forming a structure of close approximation, the air has to force its way out, making a noise called friction. The articulators approximate and the air passes through, and gets released with friction. These phonemes come in pairs, for every voiceless sound there is a voiced sound. This is called COUNTERPARTS ( / h / does not have a counterpart.)
Fricative consonants
/f/ /v/ /θ/ /ð/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/
Nasal
The air comes out through the nose, all of them are voiced. The velum is lowered, blocking the oral cavity, so the air can come through the nose. The velum is lowered, blocking the pass of air through the mouth, so it can come out through the nose.
Nasal
/m/ /n/ /ŋ/
Approximants
These sounds are produced with an approximation of the articulators which are too open to cause any friction.
Approximants
/l/ /r/ /w/ /j/
Laterals
The active articulator comes into firm contact with the passive one (alveolar ridge or palate), and the air escapes through down one or both sides of the contact Semi-vowels: The air comes through in an almost unimpeded way.
Affricates
/ʧ/ /ʤ/ These two phonemes have two sounds: first plosive and then a fricative. These are formed by a succession of a plosive and fricative, the active articulator forms a structure of complete closure with the passive one, but instead of opening suddenly, they come apart slowly into the fricative position. They have two articulators
