Consonant sounds

Phonetic Alphabet

• Produce a separate alphabet with symbols that represent sounds.

• A

The general study of the characteristics of speech sounds is called

• Phonetics

• Articulatory phonetics

• Acoustic phonetics

• Auditory phonetics

Is the study of how speech sounds are

made, or articulated.

• Phonetics

• Articulatory phonetics

• Acoustic phonetics

• Auditory phonetics

Which deals with the

physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air

• Phonetics

• Articulatory phonetics

• Acoustic phonetics

• Auditory phonetics

(or perceptual phonetics) which deals with the perception, via the ear, of speech

sounds

• Phonetics

• Articulatory phonetics

• Acoustic phonetics

• Auditory phonetics

In articulatory phonetics, we investigate how speech sounds are produced using the

fairly complex oral equipment we have.

• We start with the air pushed out by the lungs up through the trachea (or windpipe) to the larynx.

• We start with the air pushed in by the lungs up through the trachea (or windpipe) to the larynx.

When the vocal folds are spread apart, the air from the lungs passes between them

unimpeded. Sounds produced in this way are described as:

• Voiceless

• Voiced

When the vocal folds are drawn together, the air from the lungs repeatedly pushes

them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect. Sounds produced in this

way are described as:

• Voiceless

• Voiced

Because these are voiced sounds, you should be able to feel some vibration in your Adam's apple.

• Z-Z-Z-Z or V-V-V-V

• S-S-S-S or F-F-F-F

Because these are voiceless sounds, there

should be no vibration in your Adam's apple.

• Z-Z-Z-Z or V-V-V-V

• S-S-S-S or F-F-F-F