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CL ASSIFICATION
OF CONSONANTS
ON THE ARTICULATORY LEVEL THE CONSONANTS
CHANGE:
• In the degree of noise.

• In the manner of articulation.
• In the place of articulation.
THE DEGREE OF NOISE
• According to the degree of noise English consonants are divided into two big classes:
• Class A. Noise consonants.
• Class B. Sonorants.
• A. In the production of noise consonants there is a noise component characteristic. Noise consonant sounds vary:
• in the work of the vocal cords;
• in the degree of force of articulation.
• According to the work of the vocal cords they may be voiceless and voiced.
• When the vocal cords are brought together and vibrate we hear voice. Voiced consonants are: [b]‚ [d]‚ [g]‚ [v]‚ [z]‚ [ʒ]
‚ [ð]‚ [ʤ].
• If the vocal cords are apart and do not vibrate we hear only noise and the consonants are
voiceless. Voiceless consonants are: [p]‚ [t]‚ [k]‚ [f]‚ [s]‚ [∫]‚ [Ө]‚ [ʧ]‚ [h].
• The degree of noise may vary because of the force of articulation. Strong noise consonants (fortis) are produced with
more muscular energy and stronger breath effort. They are: [p]‚ [t]‚ [k]‚ [f]‚ [s]‚ [∫]‚ [Ө]‚ [ʧ]‚ [h]. Weak noise
consonants (lenis) are produced with a relatively weak breath effort. They are: [b]‚ [d]‚ [g]‚ [v]‚ [z]‚ [ʒ]‚ [ð]‚ [ʤ].
• B. Sonorants (or sonorous consonants) are made with tone prevailing over noise because of a rather wide air passage.
They are: [m]‚ [n]‚ [ŋ]‚ [l]‚ [r]‚ [w]‚ [j].
THE MANNER OF ARTICULATION
• The manner of articulation of consonants is determined by the type of obstruction. The
obstructions may be complete, incomplete and momentary.
• When the obstruction is complete the organs of speech are in contact and the air stream meets a
closure in the mouth or nasal cavities as in the production of [p]‚ [b]‚ [t]‚ [d]‚ [k]‚ [g]‚ [ʧ]‚ [ʤ]‚
[m]‚ [n]‚ [ŋ].
• In case of an incomplete obstruction the active organ of speech moves towards the point of
articulation, and the air stream goes through the narrowing between them as in the production
of [f]‚ [v]‚ [s]‚ [z]‚ [∫]‚ [ʒ]‚ [Ө]‚ [ð]‚ [h]‚ [l]‚ [r]‚ [w]‚ [j].
• Momentary obstructions are formed in the production of the Russian sonorants [p]‚ [p']‚ when
the tip of the tongue taps quickly several times against the teeth ridge.
ACCORDING TO THE MANNER OF ARTICULATION
CONSONANTS MAY BE OF FOUR GROUPS:
• Occlusive.
• Constrictive.
• Occlusive-
constrictive
(affricates).
• Rolled.
OCCLUSIVE
• Occlusive consonants are sounds in the production of which the air stream meets a complete
obstruction in the mouth. Occlusive noise consonants are called s t o p s, because the breath is
completely stopped at some point of articulation, and then it is released with a slight explosion,
that is why they are also called p l o s i v e s.
• According to the work of the vocal cords stops may be voiced and voiceless. Occlusive voiced
consonants are: [b]‚ [d]‚ [g]. Occlusive voiceless consonants are: [p]‚ [t]‚ [k]. According to the
force of articulation English voiced stops are weak (lenis), voiceless are strong (fortis).
• Occlusive sonorants are also made with a complete obstruction, but the soft palate is lowered,
and the air stream escapes through the nose, so they are nasal : [m]‚ [n]‚ [ŋ].
CONSTRICTIVE
• Constrictive consonants are those in the production of which the air stream meets an
incomplete obstruction in the resonator, so the air passage is constricted.
• Constrictive noise consonants are called f r i c a t i v e s, in the articulation of which the air
passage is constricted, and the air escapes through the narrowing with friction. According to the
work of the vocal cords they may be voiced ([v]‚ [z]‚ [ʒ]‚ [ð]) and voiceless ([f]‚ [s]‚ [∫]‚ [Ө]
‚ [h]). According to the force of articulation voiced fricatives are weak (lenis), voiceless
fricatives are strong (fortis).
OCCLUSIVE-CONSTRICTIVE
• Occlusive-constrictive consonants or affricates are noise consonant sounds produced with a

complete obstruction which is slowly released, and the air escapes from the mouth with some
friction. There are only two occlusive-constrictives in English: [ʧ] which is voiceless and
strong (fortis) and [ʤ] which is voiced and weak (lenis). Affricates are oral according to the
position of the soft palate.
ROLLED
• Rolled consonants are sounds pronounced with periodical momentary obstructions when the
tip of the tongue taps quickly several times against the teeth ridge and vibrates in the air stream.
They are the Russian [p]‚ [p'].
THE PLACE OF ARTICULATION
• The place of articulation is determined
by the active organ of speech against
the point of articulation. There may be
one place of articulation or focus, or
two places of articulation or foci when
active organs of speech contact with
two points of articulation. In the first
case consonants are called u n i c e n t
r a l, in the second they are b i c e n t r
a l.
• According to the position of the
active organ of speech against the
point of articulation (i. e. the place of
articulation) consonants may be:
• Labial.
• Lingual.
• Glottal.
• 1. Labial consonants are made by the lips. They may be b i l a b i a l and l a b i o – d e n t a l.
Bilabial consonants are produced when both lips are active: [p]‚ [b]‚ [m]‚ [w]. Labio-dental
consonants are articulated with the lower lip against the edge of the upper teeth: [f]‚ [v].
• 2. Lingual consonants are classified into f o r e l i n g u a l, m e d i o l i n g u a l and b a c k l i
n g u a l.
• Forelingual consonants are articulated with the tip or the blade of the tongue. They differ in the
position of the tip of the tongue. According to its work they may be:
• a p i c a l, if the tip of the tongue is active: [t]‚ [d]‚ [s]‚ [z]‚ [∫]‚ [ʒ]‚ [Ө]‚ [ð]‚ [ʧ]‚ [ʤ]‚ [n]‚ [l];
• d o r s a l, if the blade of the tongue takes part in the articulation; the tip is passive and
lowered. In English there are no dorsal consonants;
• c a c u m i n a l, if the tip of the tongue is at the back part of the teeth ridge, but a depression is
formed in the blade of the tongue: [r].
• According to the place of obstruction forelingual consonants may be:
• interdental;
• dental;
• alveolar;
• post-alveolar;
• palato-alveolar.
• I n t e r d e n t a l consonants or interdentals are made with the tip of the tongue projected between the teeth: [Ө]‚ [ð].
• D e n t a l consonants or dentals are produced with the blade of the tongue against the upper teeth: e.g. the Russian [т],
[д].
• A l v e o l a r consonants or alveolars are articulated with the tip against the upper teeth ridge: [t]‚ [d]‚ [s]‚ [z]‚ [n]‚ [l].
• P o s t – a l v e o l a r consonants or post-alveolars are made when the tip or the blade of the tongue is against the back
part of the teeth ridge or just behind it: [r].
• P a l a t o – a l v e o l a r consonants or palato-alveolars are made with the tip or the blade of the tongue against the teeth
ridge and the front part of the tongue raised towards the hard palate, thus having two places of articulation or foci: [ʧ]
‚ [ʤ]‚ [∫]‚ [ʒ].
• Mediolingual consonants are produced with the front part of the tongue. They are always p a l a t a l. Palatals are made
with the front part of the tongue raised high to the hard palate: [j].
• Backlingual consonants are also called velar, because they are produced with the back part of the tongue raised towards
the soft palate: [k]‚ [g]‚ [ŋ].
• 3. The glottal consonant [h] is articulated in the glottis.

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• In the degree of noise.

• Occlusive-constrictive consonants or affricates are noise consonant sounds produced with a

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