Phonemes around the world
- Airstream mechanisms
- Pulmonic
- Glottalic
- 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
Resources
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