PHONEMES B AND V

MERLY MOGOLLON CARLOS FERNANDO BERDUGO

LINA RAMIREZ Teacher ENGLISH III

UIS 2012
Brooklyn Bridge

/b/ has the same mouth position as /p/, but using your voice. Try saying /p/ and then holding your neck to make sure that your voice is being used when you say /b/. There should be a sudden release of air as you say the sound, meaning that it is impossible to extend it. Beat Best Berry About Bombs Bones

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The main difference between /b/ and /p/ is that /b/ is a voiced sound, whereas /p/ is just produced by the puff of air. Also, /b/ is pronounced with less air released than /p/, and this can sometimes be a more useful distinction as it is difficult to feel the vocal cords vibrating when making the /b/ sound.

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The most common mistake students make is substiting /b/ for /v/. For example, instead of saying "very", a student might say something that sounds like "berry". "Berry good!" instead of "Very good."

Notice how when we say the sound /v/, the air flows continuously between our lower lip and our upper teeth.

REMEMBER. YOUR UPPER TEETH TOUCH YOUR LOWER LIP AND YOUR VOCAL CHORDS VIBRATE

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1. Position of mouth 2. Top teeth on bottom lip 3. V sound is voiced 4. F sound is unvoiced

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Lip position :For /b/, we close both of our lips completely. For /v/, we only bring only our lower lip up to our front teeth.

Air flow: For /b/ we stop the air completely using our lips. For /v/, we let the air flow continously through our teeth and lip.

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