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    Task 6 Sound Patterning in English

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    The document discusses sound patterning in English. It defines consonants as speech sounds articulated with partial or complete closure of the vocal tract, while vowels can serve as syllables or words on their own. There are three key terms in sound production: plosives, which end in silence like "pub"; fricatives, like "s" and "z", which are produced with the same vocal positions as stops; and nasals. The document concludes that carefully distinguishing between fricatives and plosives in pronunciation comes with practice.

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    The document discusses sound patterning in English. It defines consonants as speech sounds articulated with partial or complete closure of the vocal tract, while vowels can serve as syllables or words on their own. There are three key terms in sound production: plosives, which end in silence like "pub"; fricatives, like "s" and "z", which are produced with the same vocal positions as stops; and nasals. The document concludes that carefully distinguishing between fricatives and plosives in pronunciation comes with practice.

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    The document discusses sound patterning in English. It defines consonants as speech sounds articulated with partial or complete closure of the vocal tract, while vowels can serve as syllables or words on their own. There are three key terms in sound production: plosives, which end in silence like "pub"; fricatives, like "s" and "z", which are produced with the same vocal positions as stops; and nasals. The document concludes that carefully distinguishing between fricatives and plosives in pronunciation comes with practice.

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    Task 6 Sound Patterning in English

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    The document discusses sound patterning in English. It defines consonants as speech sounds articulated with partial or complete closure of the vocal tract, while vowels can serve as syllables or words on their own. There are three key terms in sound production: plosives, which end in silence like "pub"; fricatives, like "s" and "z", which are produced with the same vocal positions as stops; and nasals. The document concludes that carefully distinguishing between fricatives and plosives in pronunciation comes with practice.

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    Sound Patterning in English

    In this topic we will see mostly the use of vocals and consonants, first of all lets
    define Consonants, in this case the consonant is a speech sound that is
    articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract on the other hand we
    have the vowels that can serve as syllable or a word. Although we can produce
    certain sequences like mm, mmn, sh, shr, zsr, etc. (all made up of consonants),
    such sequences cannot rightly be claimed to belong to any particular language,
    they are simply identifiable human sounds. Even the vowel can be close to a
    consonant, one example is ME.
    In the production of sounds generally, there are three operative terms which all
    students of the subject should be firmly knowledgeable about. These are the terms
    plosive, fricative and nasal.
    In the case of Plosives at the end we will find a silence, like in the case of Pub,
    Dog, book, etc...
    Fricatives (also sometimes called spirants) can be produced with the same
    positions of the vocal organs as stops; bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatal,
    velar, and uvular consonants. In addition to the f and v sounds, examples of
    fricatives in English are s as in sitter, z as in zebra, and the two th sounds as in
    think and this.

    Victor Hugo Poot Cauich 809892


    Eight Semester
    Phonology and Phonetics

    Pgina 1

    As a conclusion, we have to be careful at the moment of pronounce any word and


    try to distinguish fricatives from plosives but as everything in the phonology we only
    acquire this just practicing once and once again
    Abercrombie, D. (1975). Elements of General Phonetics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
    University Press.
    Eka, D. (1996). Phonological Foundations 1: English: Uyo: Scholars Press.
    Clark, J & C. Yallop (1990): An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology; Oxford;
    Basil Blackwell.

    Victor Hugo Poot Cauich 809892


    Eight Semester
    Phonology and Phonetics

    Pgina 2

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