I MA English - Consonats - Description

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• 3-term label

• The lower lip makes a firm contact with the upper lip effecting a strong stricture.

• Stricture

• The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released suddenly with an explosion.

• Manner

• During the articulatin of the consonant /p/ of the RP, the soft palate is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air.

• Vocal cords

• This consonant /p/ can be described as a voiceless bilabial plosive.

• Oral / Nasal

• The vocal cords are kept wide apart to effect no vibration.

During the articulation of the consonant /p/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. The lower lip makes a ​ (b)   contact with the upper lip effecting a ​ (c)   stricture. The vocal cords are kept wide apart to effect ​ (d)   . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​ (e)   with an explosion.

• soft palate
• hard palate
• firm
• light
• strong
• weak
• no vibration
• a vibration
• suddenly
• gradually

During the articulation of the consonant /b/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. The lower lip makes a ​ (b)   contact with the upper lip effecting a ​ (c)   stricture. The vocal cords are kept close to effect ​ (d)   . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​ (e)   with an explosion.

• soft palate
• hard palate
• firm
• light
• strong
• weak
• no vibration
• a vibration
• suddenly
• gradually

During the articulation of the consonant /t/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. ​ (b)   makes a ​ firm contact with the alveolar ridge effecting a ​ (c)   stricture. The vocal cords are kept wide apart to effect ​ (d)   . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​ (e)   with an explosion.

• soft palate
• hard palate
• The back of the tongue
• strong
• weak
• no vibration
• a vibration
• suddenly
• gradually
• The tip of the tongue

During the articulation of the consonant /d/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. ​ (b)   makes a ​ firm contact with ​ (c)   effecting a ​ (d)   stricture. The vocal cords are kept clase to effect ​ (e)   . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​ suddenly with an explosion.

• soft palate
• hard palate
• The back of the tongue
• strong
• the palato-alveolar
• no vibration
• a vibration
• gradually
• The tip of the tongue
• the alveolar ridge

During the articulation of the consonant /k/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. ​ (b)   makes a ​ firm contact with ​ (c)   effecting a ​ (d)   stricture. The vocal cords are kept wide apart to effect ​ (e)   . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​ suddenly with an explosion.

• soft palate
• hard palate
• The back of the tongue
• strong
• the palato-alveolar
• no vibration
• no  vibration
• gradually
• The tip of the tongue
• the  velar

During the articulation of the consonant /g/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. ​ (b)   makes a ​ firm contact with ​ (c)   effecting a ​ (d)   stricture. The vocal cords are kept close to effect ​ (e)   . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​ suddenly with an explosion.

• soft palate
• hard palate
• The back of the tongue
• strong
• the palato-alveolar
• no vibration
• a vibration
• gradually
• The tip of the tongue
• the  velar

During the articulation of the consonant /ʧ/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. ​ (b)   makes a ​ firm contact with ​ (c)   effecting a ​ strong stricture. The vocal cords are kept wide apart to effect ​ (d)   . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​​ (e)   .

• soft palate
• hard palate
• The back of the tongue
• the palato-alveolar
• no vibration
• a vibration
• gradually
• The tip of the tongue
• the  palato-alveolar
• suddenly

During the articulation of the consonant /ʤ/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. ​ (b)   makes a ​ firm contact with ​ (c)   effecting a ​ strong stricture. The vocal cords are kept​ (d)   to effect ​ a vibration . The air from the lungs is compressed behind the strong stricture and released ​​ (e)   .

• soft palate
• hard palate
• The back of the tongue
• the palato-alveolar
• wide apart
• gradually
• The tip of the tongue
• the  palato-alveolar
• suddenly
• close

During the articulation of the consonant /f/ of the RP, the ​ (a)   is raised to shut off the nasal passage of air. ​ (b)   makes a ​light contact with ​ (c)   effecting a ​ weak stricture. The vocal cords are kept​ (d)   to effect ​ no vibration . The air from the lungs is released with a ​​ (e)   .

• soft palate
• hard palate
• The upper lip
• the palato-alveolar
• wide apart
• friction
• The lower lip
• the  upper teeth
• suddenly
• close