Place & Manner of Articulations Consonants

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PLACE AND MANNER

OF ARTICULATION
Where and how sounds are made.
PRESENTED BY:
Articulation of consonants
Made by a closure or narrowing in the
vocal tract.
Refers to the narrowing or constriction of
the vocal tract.
The airstream is obstructed in the vocal
tract :
Active articulators= bits that move (lips and
tongue)
Passive articulators= non-mobile parts (upper
surface)
1. Place of Articulation
The diagram below gives a view of the human mouth with

arrows pointing to theplaces of articulationused in English. In
other words, these are the places where the constrictions
andobstructions of air occur.
Bilabial
Bilabial consonants occur when you block/constrict airflow out
of the mouth by bringing yourlips together.
/p/ as in purse
and rap
/b/ as in back and
cab
/m/ as in mad and
clam
Labio-Dental
Labio-dental consonants occur when you block/constrict
airflow by curling your lower lip back and raising it to touch
your upper row of teeth.
/f/ as in fan and

calf
/v/ as in vine and
have
Dental
Dental consonants occur when you block/constrict airflow by
placing the tip of your tongue against your upper teeth.
// as is thick
and bath
// as in the and
rather
Alveolar
You create Alveolar consonantswhen you raise your tongue to
the alveolar ridge toblock or constrict airflow.
/n/ as in no and man
/t/ as in tab and rat
/d/ as in dip and bad
/s/ as in suit and bus
/z/ as in zit and jazz
/l/ as in luck and fully
Post-Alveolar
When you retract your tongue back just a bit from the alveolar
ridge, the sounds change enough to be recognized as distinct
consonants.
Sopost-alveolar consonants are those that occur when the
tongue blocks orconstricts airflow at the point just beyond the
alveolar ridge.
// as in shoot or brash
// as in vision or
measure
/t/ as in chick or match
/d/ as in jam or badge
/r/ as in ring or carrot
Palatal
The roof of your mouth isthehard palate. You may know it
asthe place that burns like hellwhen I eat pizza that is too
hot.
You create Palatalconsonantwhen you raise the tongue to this
point and constrictairflow.
/j/ as in yes
Velar
Behind your hard palate you have thevelumorsoft
palate.Unlike the bony hard palate in front of it, the this
consists of soft, mucousy tissue.
You make Velar Consonantswhen you raise the back of your
tongue to the velum toblock or restrict airflow.
// as in going and uncle
*note that the n sound in
these words is NOT made at
the alveolar ridge, which is
why it is distinct from /n/.
/k/ as in kite and back
/g/ as in good and bug
/w/ as in wet and
howard
Glottal
The glottis is actuallytwo vocal folds (i.e. vocal cords).It acts
as a sort of bottle cap to your windpipe.
Inhale and then hold your breath for a few seconds while
keeping your mouth open. What you are actually doing to
keep the air from expelling out of your lungs by closing your
glottis.
/h/ as in hi and Bahamas.Say
these words and notice how youre
not actually constricting or blocking
airflow for this /h/ sound. Youre
justexhaling a little bit harder than
you would for a normal vowel sound
intransitionto the following vowel
sound.
/?/ This is actually the culprit behind
many of the silent syllables. For
example, in the phrase wha(t) time
is it? the /t/ in what is dropped and
the vowel sound before it is closed at
the glottis.
2) Manner of Articulation
What we do to the airstream to constrict,
obstruct or shape it to produce different
types of sound qualities.
The distinctive feature :

vocal apparatus partially
block the airflow at the
place of articulation in such
a way that only some air
passes through.
Affricates : combination of two sounds which are

pronounced pretty much simultaneously. Often, in
phonetic transcriptions, the two sounds will be
joined by a tie bar like this: [ ].
The distinctive
feature : you let air
out of your nose as
you pronounce
them.
Let's take a word that starts with M in English such as

man.
Pronounce only the M in man and put your finger right in
front of your nostrils. You should feel some air coming
out.
Approximant
An approximant consonant is a
consonant that sounds in some ways like
a vowel.
l sound /l/: the tip of the tongue is pressed against the
middle of the tooth ridge and air is allowed to pass
freely along the sides of the tongue
r sound /r/: the back of the tongue is bunched high so
the sides of the tongue touch the back side teeth
w sound /w/: lips are made into a small circle, the back
of the tongue is lifted
y sound /y/: the tongue blade is pressed very close to
the back of the tooth ridge
The passage of air

through the mouth
does not go in the
usual way along the
centre of the tongue.
The only way the air
to escape is along
the sides of the
tongue.
The glides /j/ and

/w/ are similar to
diphthongs in that
they consist of
vowel-like
movements.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
How to classify a
consonant?
Voiced or voiceless
Place of articulation
(Central or lateral)
(Oral or nasal)
Manner of articulation
S (sing):
A voiceless, alveolar, (central), (oral) fricative
What is /k/?
A voiceless, velar plosive/stop

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TSLB3043

PLACE AND MANNER

The diagram below gives a view of the human mouth with

/f/ as in fan and

The distinctive feature :

Affricates : combination of two sounds which are

Let's take a word that starts with M in English such as

The passage of air

The glides /j/ and

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