ArticulationPage 177-181

From Vocal Production

•Knowing parts of the body involved in making sound

•Utilize other parts of the body to communicate & be understood

Articulation•Shape sounds using lips, teeth,

tongue, hard & soft palates, & glottis

•Combined vowel & consonant sounds create words

•Specific articulators produce specific sounds

Articulators

Soft palate

Hard palate

LipsTongue

Teeth

Vowel Sounds•Mainly produced by

changing positions of the tongue & lips

•Recite words following vowel sounds on page 178

•Pay attention to changes in your mouth

Consonant Sounds

•Produced when breath stream is stopped, slowed, or diverted by one or more articulators

•24 consonant sounds

•5 categories of consonant sounds

5 Consonant Sound Categories

1.Stops (or plosives)

2.Fricatives

3.Combinations

4.Nasals

5.Glides

Stops/Plosives

•Produced by stopping & releasing air stream with different articulators•Air is released in a forceful puff

“p” “t” “k” “b” “d” “g”

Fricatives•Made by friction of air stream

passing the articulators

Unvoiced

F fur, refute, cuffTh thin, faith, wealthS sap, feast, dressSh sheep, confession, blushH has, rehearse, inhabit

Voiced

V vest, clover, stoveTh this, weather, writheZ zebra, frozen, pleaseZh treasure, vision

Combinations•Formed when 2 consonants

combine to form new sound

Unvoiced Voiced

Ch cheat, rapture, beach J joy, reject, plunge

Nasals•Shaped by articulators while an air

stream forces through the nose

M may, dump, tameN nice, bent, grinNg swing, young

Glides or Liquids

• Made when articulators change position during consonant production

W wait, was, wearL lot, old, pealR rope, parade, carY yet, yeast, yesterday