speech sounds
_ in english you're very essential. they are the basis of differences in defining a word or group of words. _ refer to the sounds we produce in oral communication. is sounds are generally classified into _ ( vowels consonants diphthongs and thriphthongs) and _ ( stress, pitch, and juncture)
speech sounds
english sounds
segmental
suprasegmental
it is a speech sound that is produced through an open throat and mouth passage without any hindrance or obstruction. the shaping of it is based on the position of the tongue, the height of the lower jaw, muscle tone, and shape of the lips
vowel sound
familiar vowel sound produced by arching the blade of the tongue forward and close to the front of the hard palate; lips are not rounded; pronounce longer than the I sound
/i/ long e
the tongue is not as high as the/i/ sound; muscles are relaxed and lips are not rounded; pronounce shorter than the/i/ sound
/I/ short e
midfront tense bowel produced by raising the tongue blade in a high position; lips become rounded
/e/ ey
a midfront locks on round vowel produced by putting the tongue plate lower in position than the /ey/ sound
/E/
a low, front, usually lax and round vowel; pronounce with the tongue in a low position.
/æ/
open mouth
/a/
back vowels
a high back tense bowel; produced by arching (blending) the back of the tongue as close as possible to the soft palate; lips around it in muscles are tense
/u/
back vowels
position of the tongue is high back lips slightly rounded
/U/
back vowels
a mid back vowel; the tongue is raised to the high back position; lips rounded; muscle tense
/o/ perfect o
a low back vowel; the tongues position is low back; the lips are slightly rounded
/ç/ half of o
back vowels
a mid central lux vowel produced through the middle of the tongue arching slightly; tongue tip lice near the floor of the mouth; lips unround
/e'/
back vowels
position of the tongue is mid central; rounded lips; not diphthongisized; lax
/^/
it is a gliding monosyllabic sound that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel; moves two or toward the position of another one; a sliding sound produced by the tongue as it moves from one vowel position to another and nearby two vowels or pronounced as one syllable or a unit of sound
diphthongs
a rapid line from /a/ /I/
/aI/
a rapid light from a U
aU
a rapid glide from O I
oi
it is a speech sound that is produced with a certain degree of obstruction and restriction on the lips, inside the mouth and in the throat. it is a sound used before or after a vowel or diphthong to form a syllable.
consonant
consonants are classified according to their duration. _say maybe prolonged indefinitely on one breath without stopping . remaining the plosives, are called_ because if the breath string must be completely blocked or stop during their formation this gives them limited duration.
continuants
stops