ARTICULATORS Alveolar ridge nose /ælˈviːələ Upper (r)/Hard palate teeth soft palate/ What are /ˈpælət/ velum articulators above upper lip /ˈviːləm/ Uvula (lưỡi the larynx? gà) tongue /ˈjuːvjələ/
Lower lip Pharynx (yết hầu)
lower /ˈfærɪŋks/ teeth
larynx (thanh quản) /ˈlærɪŋks/ Where is the nasal cavity?
The nasal cavity is the area from the back of throat to the nose. Where is the oral cavity?
The cavity from the glottis to the lips
Classification of English vowels Tongue part: front, central, back Mouth-opening: close, half-close, half-open, open
Tongue height: high, mid, low Length: long vs. short
Shape of lips: rounded vs.
unrounded (or rounded, neutral, Tenseness: tense vs. lax spread) How is a vowel described? Consonants are classified according to 3 things:
Voicing Place of Manner of
articulation articulation
How is a consonant described?
p b t d k g
f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h
tʃ dʒ
m n ŋ
w r j Write the symbols for the vowels in the given words 1. /e/ bread……………….. 2. /ʊ/ pull……………….. 3. /ʊ/ foot……………….. 4. /e/ friend……………….. 5. /ʌ/ rough……………….. Write the phonetic symbols that correspond to each of the given descriptions. /ɑː/ the long, open, back, neutral and tense vowel phoneme /ʊ/ the short, close, back, slightly rounded and lax vowel
/e/ the short, mid, front, slightly spread and lax vowel phoneme
/ɔː the long, mid, back, rounded and tense vowel phoneme / /ɪ the short, close, front, spread and lax vowel phoneme / Give the phonetic descriptions of the given English vowel symbols.
1. team / iː / the long, close, front, spread and tense vowel phoneme
2. squawk / ɔ / the long, mid, back, rounded and tense vowel phoneme
3. ham / æ / ːthe short, open, front, spread vowel phoneme which is
tenser than /e/ 4. food / uː / the long, close, back, rounded and tense vowel phoneme
5. book / ʊ / the short, close, back, slightly rounded and lax vowel phoneme Write the correct vowel symbols on the provided chart. Find out some words in which different group letters represent only one sound. /iː/ be feed beach key people Find out six words that have the letter “a” pronounced differently. Bat /æ/ ate /eɪ Father /ɑː/ share /eə/ About /ə / climate /ə tall / /ɔː / / Write the symbols for the consonants in the given words
1. /bred/ bread……………….. 2. /pʊl/ pull……………….. 3. /fʊt/ foot……………….. 4. /frend/ friend……………….. 5. /rʌf/ rough……………….. Identify the initial and final consonant sounds in each given word voiced or voiceless. a. Thought b. Though c. Zoom d. When e. huge The initial sounds Voiced Voiceless a) th /θ/ √
b) Th /ð/ √
b) Z /z/ √ b) Wh /w/ √ b) h /h/ √ State whether each of the given pairs of sounds have the same or different place of articulation.
1. [ s ] : [ l ] Pair of The Place of
Different sounds same articulation 2. [ m ] : [ n ] [s] : [l] √ Alveolar 3. [ b ] : [ f ] [m]:[n] √ Bilabial, alveolar 4. [ k ] : [ ŋ ] [b]:[f] √ Bilabial, labiodental [k]:[ŋ] √ velar 5. [ tʃ ] : [ʃ ] [ tʃ ] : [ʃ √ Palato-alveolar 6. [ tʃ ] : [dʒ ] ][ tʃ ] : [dʒ √ Palato-alveolar ] State whether each of the given pairs of sounds have the same or different manner of articulation. Pair of The Manner of 1. [ s ] : [θ ] Different sounds same articulation 2. [m]:[n] [s] : [θ] √ Fricative 3. [b]:[f] 4. [k]:[ŋ] [m]:[n] √ nasal 5. [ tʃ ] : [ʃ ] [b]:[f] √ Stop, fricative 6. [ tʃ ] : [dʒ ] [k]:[ŋ] √ Stop, nasal
[ tʃ ] : [ʃ √ Affricate, fricative ] [ tʃ ] : [dʒ √ affricate Give the phonetic descriptions of the given English consonant symbols.
1. /θ/ voiceless dental fricative 2. /ŋ/ velar nasal 3. /ʒ/ voiced palato-alveolar fricative 4. /r/ voiced palato-alveolar approximant 5. /j/ voiced palatal approximant 6. /g/ voiced velar plosive PRACTICE ● Give the phonetic transcription that correspond to each of the following
articulatory description.
[n] the voiced alveolar nasal consonant phoneme
1. ______
[m] the voiced bilabial nasal consonant phoneme
2. ______
3. ______ [k] the voiceless velar plosive consonant phoneme 4. ______ [d] the voiced alveolar plosive consonant phoneme 5. ______ [l] the voiced alveolar lateral consonant phoneme [ j ] the voiced palatal approximant consonant phoneme 6. ______
[s] the voiceless alveolar fricative consonant phoneme
7. ______
[f] the voiceless labio-dental fricative consonant phoneme
8. ______
[ʒ] the voiced palato-alveolar fricative consonant phoneme
9. ______
10. [h] ______ the voiceless glottal fricative consonant phoneme
