SPEECH SOUNDS

SPEECH SOUNDS

1. The sounds we make when we speak are the result of muscles contracting.

   • The phonatory apparatus is a set of the different organs that intervene in the articulation of language in the human being, these organs are:
     • LARYNX: Produce many differents modifications in the flow of air from the chest to the mouth.
     • PHARINX: is a tube which begins just above the larynx, and the other being the begining of the way through the nasal cavity
     • The palate is divided into two parts: hard palate and soft palate, the hard palate is subdivided into pre-palate, mid-palate and post-palate and in the case of soft or veil palate subdivided into two pre-vell- and post-velar areas.

2. DESCRIPTIONS OF SPEECH SOUNDS

   • There are nine features fall into two borad categories
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