Speech sound: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 2014-04-10T03:07:14

continuant (incomplete closure of the oral vocal tract)
- subclasses
  - fricative
  - approximant ("frictionless continuant")
    - subclasses
      - vowel
sonorant (continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract)
- contrast: obstruent
- subclasses
  - approximant
    - subclasses
      - vowel
  - nasal
- Note: does not contain fricative
obstruent (obstructing airflow, causing a strong gradient of air pressure in the vocal tract)
- subclasses
  - stop ("plosive")
  - fricative

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 *** nasal
 ** Note: does not contain fricative
+*obstruent (obstructing airflow, causing a strong gradient of air pressure in the vocal tract)
+**subclasses
+***stop ("plosive")
+***fricative