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consonants
Fontica y Fonologa I
2015
- Nasals /m/
/n/ //
- /l/ /r/ /j/ /w/
CONSONANTS
CONTINUANTS
They usually have no FRICTION noise
But in other ways different from each
other
Nasals
Air escapes through the/m/
nose
soft palate is lowered
/n/ //
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcq9m2Q9Plo
2
MORPHOLOGY MORPHEMES
morpheme
s
sing
-// without /g/ at the end of a morpheme +er
-/ g/ if it is in the middle of a morpheme hang +
er
EXERCISE
- /g/ or //? Transcribe phonemically these words
younger language single ringing
DARK /l/
CLEAR /l/
eel /i:l/
lea /li:/
fricative
POST-ALVEOLAR APPROXIMANT
(Approximant
ARTICULATION
Accents
/r/ in final position and before a consonant
RHOTIC
/r/ only before vowels (BBC English) NONRHOTIC
ARTICULATION
/j/ practically the same as a front close vowel[i], but
very short
/w/ [u]
DISTRIBUTION
We use them like consonants:
- They occur before vowel phonemes e.g.
/ju:nv:st/
- an apple , an umbrella a way, a yard
- the aunt , the wild
We hear friction noise in /j/ or /w/ Preceded by /p/
/t/ /k/ at the beginning of a syllable.