Consonant production in English
1.Why study the sounds of the English language
Contrastivity
Inteligibility
Teaching and learning
2.Fundamental concepts
Phonetics x Phonology
Vocal tract
Consonant and vowel production
Obstructed airflow
Unobstructed airflow
3.Consonant Articulation
Points of articulation
Alveolar
Post-alveolar
Dental
Palatal
Labiodental
Velar
Bilabial
Glottal
Manners of articulation
Fricative
Africate
Plosive
Approximant
Nasal
Voicing
Voiceless
Voiced
4.Phonetic transcription
IPA Table
Phoneme description and characterization