Plosives
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Plosive sounds in English language prepared by Farhad Ahmad and Sarwan Ayob, students in college of arts, university of Duhok.
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Plosives
- 2. Plosive Consonants • Plosives: Oral stops – The air is stopped completely in the oral cavity for a brief period. – Then it explodes with the release of the closure, producing loud-enough noise to be heard. – English plosives: • Bilabials: /p, b/ • Alveolars: /t, d/ • Velars: /k, g/
- 3. Plosive Consonants • Bilabials: /p, b/ • /p/ is Voiceless, Bilabial, Plosive. Party → /ˈpɑˈ.ti/ speak → /spiˈk/ lip → /lɪp/ • /b/ is Voiced, Bilabial, Plosive. bird → /bɜˈd/ abandon → /əˈbæn.dən/ cab → /kæb/
- 4. Plosive Consonants • Alveolars: /t, d/ • /t/ is Voiceless, Alveolar, Plosive. tea → /tiˈ/ heater → /ˈhiˈ.tə/ cut → /kʌt/ • /d/ is Voiced, Alveolar, Plosive. drive → /draɪv/ edit → /ˈed.ɪt/ bed → /bed/
- 5. Plosive Consonants • Velars: /k, g/ • /k/ is Voiceless, Velar, Plosive. cat → /kæt/ action → /ˈæk.ʃən/ book → /bʊk/ • /g/ is Voiced, Velar, Plosive. gift → /gɪft/ eagle → /ˈiˈ.gl̩/ egg → /eg/
- 6. Plosive Consonants Differences Group A Group B /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/
- 7. Plosive Consonants 1- Voicing - G.A → V. Cords → Open → no vibration → voiceless. - G.B → V. Cords → Closed gently → vibration → Voiced. 2- Production:- - G.A is difficult to produce. We need effort. - G.B is easy. - Perception:- G.A is difficult to be heard. G.B is easy to be heard.
- 8. Plosive Consonants 3- Length:- - Voiceless plosives Shorten the preceding Vowel. For example:- heart [hɑ•t ] , hard [ha:d]. 4- Aspiration:- - G.A has aspiration. For example:- pet [ph et]. - G.B has no aspiration. For example:- bet [bet].
- 9. Plosive Consonants Aspiration The phenomenon in which a small “puff of air” escapes through the vocal folds after the release phase. It is transcribed as [ Ch ].
- 10. Plosive Consonants Rules of Aspiration 1- Voiceless plosive + a vowel sound → aspirated. /p/ pen → /pen/ → [ph en] /t/ ten → /ten/ → [th en] /k/ cat → /kæt/ → [kh æt]
- 11. Plosive Consonants Rules of Aspiration 2- /s/ + Voiceless plosive → unaspirated. /p/ spy → /spaı/ → [spaı] /t/ stay → /steı/ → [steı] /k/ sky → /skaı/ → [skaı]
- 12. Plosive Consonants Rules of Aspiration 3- Voiceless plosives in final position → unaspirated. /p/ stop → /stɒp/ → [stɒp] /t/ start → /start/ → [start] /k/ take → /teık/ → [teık]
- 13. Thanks for listening Done by Farhad Ahmad