Consonants & Stops

CONSONANTS

English Phonetics

• Consonants – manner, place, voice
• Vowels – monophthongs, diphthongs

Consonants

• Voice – the state of vocal folds (vibrate or not?)
• Place – which articulators are involved in the production of particular sound
• Manner – how the sound is produced, the direction of the air is flowing, & the circumstances affecting the tongue

(1) Voice

• Voiced consonant – a sound is produced when the vocal cords are vibrating

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  Voiceless consonants – a sound made with no vibration of the vocal cords
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  (2) Place of articulation

  10 places of articulation when producing consonant sounds: bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar, retroflex palatal, velar, glottal, & labial-velar

  
  

  The position of your articulators

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  (3) Manner of articulation

  6 manners: stops, fricatives, affricatives, nasals, approximants, & lateral approximant

  
  

  
  

  The direction of air flowing from your nose or mouth