GLIDE SOUNDS OR

SEMI-VOWELS
BY:
Tania Salazar
Lina Lopez
Jafep Gomez
Camilo Mayorga
WHAT KIND OF SOUND IT IS?

A glide is a consonant whose sound is characterized by a movement of the articulators from one position to
another.

Glides are sometimes referred to as semi-vowels or semi consonants.

The most important thing to remember about these phonems is that they are phonetically like vowels but
phonologically like consonants from the phonetic point of view the articulation of j is practically the same as that
of a front close vowel such as i:, but is very short.
In the same way W is closely similar to U : if you make the initial sound of 'wet'  or 'yet'  very long, you will be able
to hear this. But despite this vowel-like character , we use them  like consonants.

We can show that a word beginning with W or J is regarded as begining with a consonant in the following way:

If a word beginning with W or J is preceded by the indinfite article, it is the "a" form that is found(as in "a way", "a
year"). However, it is important to remember that the pronounce them as fricative (as many foreing learners do),
or even affricans is a misspronunciation. Only in special context do we here friction noise in J or W; This is when
they are preceded by P, T or K at the beginning of a syllabe as this words:
HOW IS IT FORMED

Glides are signaled by moving tongue position. They are both voiceless

Post Alveolar glide /j/ the tongue begins in the /i/ (high front) regions and moves towards the position of whathever
vowel follows:

EXAMPLES: YOU, UNION, VINEYARD

Velar Glide /w/: the tongue takes an /u/ (high back position) and moves into the following vowel. 

EXAMPLE: water, quiet, persuade.

EXAMPLES: