The Production Apparatus

The Production Apparatus

1. The respiratory system

   • Mechanical phenomenon
     • Entrance and expulsion of the air and that includes respiratory movements
   • Chemical phenomenon internal respiration
     • Allows gaseous exchange between the blood and the cells
   • Chemical phenomenon external respiration
     • gaseous exchange between the blood and the air
       • Inhalation
       • Exhalation
         • Production of almost all the sounds in the majority of languages

2. Laringeal

   • Transform moving air into sound
     • phonation

3. Other speech organs

   • Articulator
     • Lips, tongue and jaw
   • Point of articulator
     • Upper teeth, hard palate and alveolar ridge

4. supraglottal system

   • Vocal tract
     • The nasal tract
     • The oral tract

5. VOCAL CORDS

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