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Outline
1. Classification of speech sounds
2. Classification of
English vowels
3. Classification of English consonants
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Classification of Speech Sounds
20 vowel phonemes
24 consonant phonemes
sonority
(n.), sonorous (adj.)
affricates [C, G]
plosives [p, b, d, t,
k, g]
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The System of Vowels
1. the stability of articulation
Monophthongs
(simple vowels)
/V/, /I/, /e/, /x/, /R/, /P/,
/L/, /V/, /A/, /W/
Diphthongs (complex vowels)
/eI/, /aI/, /OI/, /aV/, /EV/, /Iq/, /Fq/, /Vq/
Diphthongoids (diphthongized vowels)
/J/, /H/
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The System of Vowels
a nucleus
a glide
a vowel +й
[j]
й [j] + a vowel
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The System of Vowels
2. the position of the
tongue
a). horizontal movement of the tongue
Fully front /J/, /e/,
/x/
Front-retracted /I/
Central (mixed)/W/, /q/, /A/
Fully back /R/, /P/, /L/, /H/
Back-advanced /V/
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The System of Vowels
kRt – back
SIp
– front-retracted
kAt – central SJp - front
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b). vertical movement of the tongue
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The System of Vowels
3. quantitative principle (duration or
length)
4. the position of the lips
rounded (labialized)
[P, L,H, V]
unrounded (non-labialized)
[J, I, e, W, q, A, x, R]
5. the degree of muscular tension
lax-tense
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The English Consonants
1. manner of noise production and
the type of obstruction
constrictive /s/, /z/, /S/, /Z/, /T/,
/D/, /h/, /w/, /r/, /l/, /j/
occlusive /p/, /b/, /k/, /g/, /t/, /d/, /m/, /n/, /N/
occlusive-constrictive (affricates) /C/, /G/
trilled or rolled /r/
teeth-ridge
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The English Consonants
2. Active organ of speech,
the place of articulation
Labial
bilabial /m/, /p/, /b/, /w/
labio-dental /f/, /v/
Lingual
forelingual /s/, /z/, /t/, /d/, /r/, /C/, /G/, /S/, /Z/, /T/, /D/, /n/, /l/ /
mediolingual /j/, /N/
backlingual (velar) /k/, /g/
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Forelingual
Position of the tongue
dorsal /т/,/д/,/с/,/н/,/ч/,/ц/
apical /s/, /z/, /t/,
/d/, /C/, /G/, /S/, /Z/,/n/, /l//
cacuminal Br./r/; retroflex(ed)
(sub-apical) Am. /r/
Place of Obstruction
interdental Am./T/, /D/
dental Br. /T/, /D/
Russ. /т/,/д/,/с/,/з/
alveolar /s/, /z/, /t/, /d/, /n/, /l//
post-alveolar /r/
palato-alveolar /C/, /G/, /S/, /Z/
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3. the work of the vocal cords
voiced – voiceless
4. the soft palate
nasal - oral
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D. Jones’ Classification
according to the organs which articulate
bilabial /m/, /p/, /b/, /w/
labio-dental /f/, /v/
dental /θ/, /D/
alveolar
/s/, /z/, /t/, /d/, /l/, /n/
post-alveolar /r/
palato-alveolar /C/, /G/, /S/, /Z/
palatal /j/
velar /k/, /g/, /N/
glottal /h/