Consonants cont.

alveolar ridge

Taps /flaps: tongue tip against ________, but quicker and sloppier.

Vowels

________ before a nasal consonant are always nasalized.

Aspiration

________: sometimes [p, t, k] are released with much stronger release of air than other times.

Affricates

________: stop closure with a fricative release.

Plosion

________: articulation where nasals, laterals, and] [sounds can serve as a complete syllable without a vowel.

taps / flaps

tongue tip against alveolar ridge, but quicker and sloppier

trills

tongue hits top repeatedly

oral v nasal stops

when open, the velum allows oral airflow to pass into the nasal cavities

plosion

articulation where nasals, laterals, and [         ] sounds can serve as a complete syllable without a vowel

nasal plosion

sudden v sud-den

lateral plosion

little not lit-le

affricates

stop closure with a fricative release

aspiration

sometimes [p, t, k] are released with much stronger release of air than other times

Voicing

vocal cords vibrating at larynx

Placing

where is air flow being manipulated

true or false: unreleased oral stops become nasal stops

true

nasal stops

air is released through nose. caused by unreleased oral stops

true or false: vowels before a nasal consonant are never nasalized

false