LIGN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vocal Tract, Alveolar And Postalveolar Approximants, Joule
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It"s a series of fluid and overlapping gestures. How do we describe consonants: we need to know three things, place: where is the sound made, place of articulation, bilabial: as in boy , labiodental: as in vote . Interdental: as in those : alveolar: as in totes! . Your alveolars may be dental: postalveolar: as in judge . Textbook calls these palatal": velar: as in tacocat . 2: glottal: as in uh-oh! , manner: what are you doing with the articulators, stops: stop the airflow (also called plosives") As in cat docket": taps: throw your tongue against the roof of your mouth. As in later ladder winners": fricatives: constrict the airflow to make sounds. As in flashy soviet shifters": nasals: channel the air out the nose. As in wing man": approximants: bring the tongue toward the place. As in you will": laterals: channel air around the tongue. Is the larynx buzzing, or not: voiced vs. voiceless.
