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Consonant: the airstream is blocked completely or incompletely at a given point in the vocal tract. Some consonants are accompanied by voicing. Vowels and ...
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Vowels and consonants? - articulatory characteristics LLCM10AN English Phonetics

• Vowel: the airstream flows out (relatively) freely, without a major obstacle in the vocal tract. It is usually accompanied by voicing.

Week 5: Consonants (introduction) part I

• Consonant: the airstream is blocked completely or incompletely at a given point in the vocal tract. Some consonants are accompanied by voicing.

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Vowels and consonants? - acoustic characteristics

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• Vowel: greater energy, amplitude. • Consonant: smaller energy, amplitude. • -> demonstration: oscillogram and spectrogram. What do they LOOK like? spectro 5/11/2007 T. Kamiyama

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Vowels and consonants? - perceptual characteristics

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• Vowel: louder. • Consonant: less loud.

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Wells & House (1995)

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English Consonants - how can we classify them? Classification of consonants: voice, place, manner

Three main properties:

• VOICE • PLACE of articulation • MANNER of articulation

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English Consonants - how can we classify them?

1. VOICE • Presence or absence of vocal fold vibration. • Absence -> VOICELESS (or UNVOICED) consonants • Presence -> VOICED consonants

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English Consonants - how can we classify them?

VOICELESS

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VOICED

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