CONSONANTS

PLACE OF ARTICULATION
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1. Define and describe the Places of Articulation

2. Draw and label the places of articulation.

3. Go online and complete the chart

Description Consonants Examples/words
Bilabial Bilabials are consonant sounds English bilabial sounds Become
produced by using both lips include [p], [b], and [m]. Possible
together. Job
Remember

Labio- The lower lip is the active English labio-dental Find

articulator and the upper teeth are sounds include [f] and [v]. Front
Dental
the passive articulator. Physical
Fry
Funny

Dental Dental sounds involve the tongue English has two dental Thing
tip (active articulator) making sounds: [θ] and [ð]. This
contact with the upper teeth to form Think
a constriction. Theatre

Alveolar Alveolar sounds involve the front English alveolar sounds Run
portion of the tongue making include [t], [d], [n], [s], [z], Tap
contact with the alveolar ridge to [l]. Suit
form an effective constriction in the debt
vocal tract.

Post- A postalveolar sound is produced Examples of postalveolar Ship

when the blade of the tongue comes consonants are Chill
Alveolar
into contact with the post-alveolar the English palato-alveolar Vision
region of your mouth. Postalveolar consonants [ʃ] [tʃ] [ʒ] [dʒ], Jump
sounds are made a little further
back (‘post’) from the alveolar
ridge.
Palatal Palatal sounds are made with the The English glide [j] is a You
tongue body (the big, fleshy part of palatal. Yellow
your tongue). The tongue body Unit
raises up towards the hard-palate in Young
your mouth (the dome shaped roof
of your mouth) to form an effective
constriction.

Velar Velar sounds are made when the English velars include [k], Going
back of the tongue (tongue dorsum) [g], |ŋ| Kite
raises towards the soft palate, which Bug
is located at the back of the roof of Wet
the mouth.

Glottal Glottal sounds are made in the The glottis, as much as we Bahamas
larynx. For the glottal stop, the might not realize it, is used What
vocal cords close momentarily and for the h sound in English; Who
cut off all airflow through the vocal [h] / /?/. Work
tract.

1. Definition: The term place of articulation refers to the place in the mouth where
the sound is produced or where there is the most contact or near contact of
articulators. This is one way that consonants are classified.

Description: A sound's place of articulation is usually named by using the Latin

ajective for the active articulator (ending with an "o") followed by the Latin
adjective for the passive articulator. For example, a sound where the tongue tip
(the "apex") approaches or touches the upper teeth is called an "apico-dental".
Most of the common combinations of active and passive articulator have
abbreviated names (usually leaving out the active half).
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