Consonant Articulation P2: Manner

Manner of articulation describes

the degree of the obstruction

manner articulation answers the

how obstruction occurs or how different manners can each occur at different places of articulation

How are plosives produced and what happens to the air?

sounds produced by bringing the articulators together to completely block the air for a short period of time

2 parts of plosives

• closure (no sound)

• release (burst of sound)

(oral) Plosives are when air is

blocked in the oral cavity and no airflow through the nasal cavity

nasal (plsovies) are when air is

Blocked in the oral cavity

Air flows through the nasal cavity

velum is raised

oral plosives

velum is lowered (moved down) for

nasal (plosives)

for fricatives sounds are produced by

bringing the articulators together to create a very narrow passage fr the air to flow through

fricatives result in

tubulence (friction) so that articulation can be sustained

affricates are sounds that are a

combination of plosive and fricative articulation

explain what happens when affricates are being articulated

begin with a complete closure

then slowly release to create a fricative articulation

Affricates are homorganic because…

they usually have the same or almost the same place of articulation

affricative function as a

single and complex sound

approximants are sounds produced with

2 articualtors close together

difference between fricatives and approximants

2 articulators are brought close together but there is no turbulence (frication) with approximants

sounds produced with the air flowing through the middle of the oral cavity

central approximates

cuz theyre flowing through the central path

sounds produced with central path through the oral cavity blocked are called

lateral approximants

how does the airflow in lateral approximants

sideways through the oral cavity

approximants can be divided into

liquids and glides

glides

articulators glide from one position to another

liquids

lack of turbulence of a fricative articulation

Trills

articualtors are positioned close together so thatthey vibrate when the air flows through them

Trills’ articulators vibrate

rapidly as airflows over it

tap/flap

occur when one articulator briefly touches another articulator,

resulting in a single contraction of the muscles

tap/flap results in a very brief

closure of the vocal tract

shorter than plosive