Linguistics - Phonetics - Consonants
Linguistics | Phonetics
Consonants
The Speech Organs:
All organs shown on figure (2) contribute to the production of speech. All sounds of English are made using the air on the way out from the lungs.
lungs pull in and push out air, helped by the diaphragm, then the air goes out to the trachea, where first obstruction it meets is larynx, which it has to pass through. Inside the larynx the air passes by the vocal folds, if they vibrate, make the sound voiced. After that the air goes up within the pharynx, and escapes via either the oral or the nasal cavity.
Production of oral and nasal sounds. (Thomas 1976: 32)
Circle the parts that are modifies in (B) to produce nasal sounds.
Most all the organs involved in speech production also have other functions. The diaphragm and lungs are obviously involved in breathing, as is the nasal cavity, that humidifies, cleans, and heats the air that is breathed in. The tongue and the teeth play a part in digestion, so do the vocal folds, as they have to be closed when swallowing, to keeps food from going down the wrong way.
There are four places in which a sound can be modifies. You should add to this the fact that vocal folds can vibrate.
Sound modification places. (Thomas 1976:33)
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