Matakuliah :G0332/English Phonology
Tahun
: 2007
CONSONANT 2
Pertemuan 4
Nasal
•
The air escape through the nose.
•
There are three nasals of English : m,n,ŋ
• Bilabial nasal /m/ : made by closing two lips. Example words :
mother, immune, thumb.
• Alveolar nasal /n/ : made by stopping the flow of air with the tongue
tip against the alveolar ridge. Sample words: new, know, rain, gnat.
• Velar nasal /ŋ/ : made by stopping the flow of air with the back of the
tongue against the velum. Example words : singer, ringing, finger,
anger. /ŋ/ occurs without a following /g/ at the end of a morpheme, in
the middle it has a following /g/.
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Bina Nusantara
Liquids
• Lateral / l / : made by placing the tongue tip on the alveolar ridge and vibrating the
vocal cords as the air passes out on one or both sides of the tongue. Example
words: love, collar, people
• Retroflex /r / : produced by curling the tip of the tongue near the alveolar ridge.
Example words: respect, very , car
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Bina Nusantara
Semi Vowels/ Glides
• Glides are signaled by a moving tongue position. They are both voiceless.
• Post alveolar glide /j/ : the tongue begins in the / i/ (high front) region and moves
towards the position of whatever vowel follows. Example words: you, union,
vineyard.
• Velar glide /w/ : the tongue takes an /u / (high back position) and moves into the
following vowel. Example words ; water, quiet, persuade.
Bina Nusantara
Chart of English Consonant Phoneme
Bilabial
Plosive
Labio
dental
Inter
dental
pb
өð
sz
Affricate
Nasal
Liquid
Glide
Bina Nusantara
Post
alveolar
td
fv
Fricative
alveolar
Velar
Glottal
kg
h
ʃ ʒ
ʧʤ
m
n
ŋ
lr
j
w