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