LING 1F94 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dental And Alveolar Flaps, Vocal Tract

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Tongue is raised to alveolar ridge but sides are down for lateral [l] Some languages lack liquids or only have one. Some english words are difficult for cantonese speakers, but substitute [r] for [l] In english: only 2 consonants occur after an initial [k] [g] [p] [b]: [l] [r] Ex: crate, clock, plate, rate, bleak, break. Next another sound identified with [r] is called the flap. Ex: writer vs. ride, latter vs. ladder. Initial sounds in yu and wu pronounced with little or no obstruction in airstream of mouth. Must always be preceded or followed directly by a vowel. In articulating [j] or [w]: tongue moves rapidly in a gliding manner either toward or away from neighboring vowel. Different parts of tongue may be raised or lowered. Vowel sounds carry pitch and loudness- can be sung. Are produced without any articulators touching or even coming close together. Blade of tongue (front) is raised (high)

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