Linguistic Phonetics

Linguistic Phonetics

1. Consonants

   • Total or substantial obstruction in vocal tract
     • Obstruction is caused by articulators
       • Active
       • Passive
   • Voicing
     • Unvoiced
       • /s/
       • Open glottis
     • Voiced
       • /z/
       • Vibrating glottis
   • Airstream Mechanism
     • Pulmonic eggressive
   • Place
     • Bilabial
     • Dental
     • Alveolar
     • Palatal
     • Velar
     • Glottis
   • Manner
     • Fricative
     • Nasal
     • Plosive
     • Approximant

2. Vowels

   • Sounds made with little or no obstruction
     • Always voiced
       • Movement of tongue changes sound of vowel
   • Vowel height
     • High vowels are known as close vowels
       • /i, e, o, u/
     • Low vowels are known as open vowels
       • Bottom of the trapeze
   • Front/Back vowels
     • Front vowels are found at the front of the trapeze
     • Back vowels are found at the back of trapeze
   • Lip position
     • Rounded
     • Unrounded