Tutorials
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Reading the Consonants Charts | |
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| Describes the way in which a consonant sound is formed, referring to the way in which the airflow is restricted. Consonant sounds are divided into six manners of articulation: stops, fricatives, affricates, nasals, liquids, and glides. Place your hand in front of your mouth and produce the phoneme /t/. You should feel a puff of air explode from your mouth as you pronounce /t/. Now try the same procedure with the phoneme /s/ (as in sit); the air will flow steadily. The phoneme /t/ is known as a stop while that of /s/ is a fricative. See the glossary for a complete description of the six manners of articulation. | |||
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