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Linguistics

Notes

Bilabial stop Labiodental fricative Dental fricative
/p/ or /b/ /f/ or /v/ / / or / /
ð
θ

Alveolar nasal Alveopalatal fricative Velar stop
/n/ /S/ or /Z/ /k/ or /g/

ENGLISH ARTICULATIONS

5.2 Vowels

Vowels may be defined with an open approximation without any obstruction, partial or complete,
in the air passage. They are referred to as vocoids in phonetics. They can be described in terms of
three variables:
1. height of tongue
2. part of the tongue which is raised or lowered
3. lip-rounding.

BILABIAL LABIO-DENTAL DENTAL ALVEOLAR ALVEO-PALATAL VELAR GLOTTAL

VOICELESS P K
STOPS :
VOICED b 9
VOICELESS tf
AFFRICATES :
VOICED f θ S d 3 h

CONSONANTS FRICATIVES : V ð Z
VOICELESS
VOICED

1
LATERAL : VOICED
NASAL : VOICED m

SEMIVOWELS : VOICED w r J

CLASSIFICATION OF ENGLISH CONSONANTS

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