Stops and Affricates
  • Stops
    • Description of stop consonants (obstruents, plosives)
    • Three stages in stop production
    • Vocal fold behavior during stops
      • Voiced stops
      • Voiceless stops
        • Unaspirated
        • Aspirated
    • Final stops
      • Released and unreleased
      • Voiced and voiceless
    • Glottal stops
    • Taps
  • Affricates
    • Stop plus homorganic fricative
    • Articulatory summary
Objectives
  • Describe articulation of English voiced and voiceless stop including vocal fold behavior
  • Explain the difference between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops
  • Explain cues for voicing in stops
  • Explain where stop allophones are used in American English (phonetic context)
  • Describe the production of affricates in English
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Copyright 2004 by Amy T. Neel, Ph.D.
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of New Mexico