Phonemes around the world

  • Airstream mechanisms
    • Pulmonic
    • Glottalic
      • Ejectives
      • Implosives
    • Velaric
  • States of the glottis
    • Voiced and voiceless sounds
    • Breathy voice or murmur
    • Creaky voice
  • Place of articulation
  • Manner of articulation
  • Voice onset time

Objectives

  • List and describe the different airstream mechanisms that occur in the world's languages
  • Explain the production of ejective, implosive, and click consonants
  • Identify some languages using ejective, implosive, and click consonants
  • Describe vocal fold behavior during voiceless and voiced sounds and sounds with breathy voice and creaky voice
  • Describe places and manner of articulation not used in English
  • Define VOT and locate the interval on waveforms of stop consonants
  • Describe vocal fold behavior during stops along the VOT continuum
  • Explain differences in VOT across languages
  • Describe consonants according to seven criteria: airstream mechanism, direction of airstream, state of glottis, place of articulation, manner of articulation, central or lateral articulation, nasal or oral articulation
  • Using the IPA chart, identify sounds of the world's languages according to the above criteria

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Copyright 2004 by Amy T. Neel, Ph.D.
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of New Mexico