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Consonants Assignment 2

Consonant sounds are produced by a partial or complete blockage of air flow, unlike vowels. English consonants are described by manner, place and organ of articulation. They can be voiced or voiceless and classified as stops, fricatives or nasals depending on how the air stream is obstructed. There are 24 main consonant sounds in English.

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Consonants Assignment 2

Consonant sounds are produced by a partial or complete blockage of air flow, unlike vowels. English consonants are described by manner, place and organ of articulation. They can be voiced or voiceless and classified as stops, fricatives or nasals depending on how the air stream is obstructed. There are 24 main consonant sounds in English.

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WHAT ARE CONSONANT SOUNDS?

Consonant sounds are sound produced by a partial complete blockage of air


stream. Consonant are different from vowels in the sense that vowel are produced
without a form of obstruction of flow of air through the trachea or wind pipe.
English consonants are described and classified according to the manner of
articulation, the organ involved in the articulation, the state of vocal cords in the
larynx, the state of air passage and the source of the air stream. For our discussion
we shall concentrate on the manner, place and organ of articulation.

ENGLISH CONSONANTS CAN BE DESCRIBED IN TERM OF THREE


PROPERTIES

1. Voicing (whether the vocal cords are vibrating or not) they are no
technically
2. Place of articulation (pronunciation where the air stream is obstructed or not)
3. Manner of articulation (the particular way, the air stream is obstructed)

i. VOICING /S/ - Voiceless (BUS/SIP)


/Z/ - Voiced (BUZZ ZIP)
/F/ - Voiceless – FINE
/U/ - Voiced – VINE
/P/ - Voiceless - PET
/B/ - Voiced BET

2i FRICATIRES: Sounds that are made by a continuous stream of air passing


throughout a narrow passage in the vocal cord e.g /S/ /Z/

2ii STEP: are formed when air built up in vocal cords suddenly rehearsed
throughout the mouth e.g /t/ /d/ /p/ /b/ /k/ /g/

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PLACE OF ARTICULATION
1. Habial (lips)
2. Dentals (teeth)
3. B-labial (both lips)
4. Inter-dental
5. Velar ( Back of your tongue)
6. Alvelar (Side of your tongue)
7. Nasals

We have 24 consonants sound. The English consonant sound arrange by position.

S/N PHONETICS INITIAL MEDIAL FINAL


SYMBOLS
1 /P/ Pill Cape Tap
2 /b/ Bill Labour Tab
3 /T/ Till Letter Wet
4 /d/ Duster Head Desk
5 /k/ Kill Market Chemistry
6 /g/ Gills Target Gang
7 /f/ Fill Beefy Chief
8 /v/ Villa Save Love
9 0 Thank Author Breathe
10 /d/ Than Then Mother
11 /s/ Silly Sit Loose
12 /z/ Zebra Nose Zone
13 /s/ Shell Fish Rubbish
14 /3/ Measure Vision Treasure
15 /ts/ Chill Kitchen Pitch
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16 /d/ Jelly John Jump
17 /m/ Mill Name Bam
18 /n/ Nill Sunny Know
19 /n/ Sing Ring Long
20 /h/ Hill How Behind
21 /rj/ You Yet Yellow
22 /r/ Rat Road Carry
23 /l/ Let Yellow Tall
24 w/ Why Wet sweet

The above consonant sounds are those recognized by the received pronunciation
(RP) in English. The international and additional five as follow

1. /gz/ Examination exole exist


2. /hw/ White where which
3. /kw/ quote quit kwashiorkor
4. /?/ Bottle what a day

SUMMARY ON CONSONANT

1. I.P.A International Phonetics association


2. Sound articulation by two lips are called Bi-Labial e.g P,B,M,N
3. F and V are called frication

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