Linguistics ==> 8/4/2025

Assignment ==> Describe the movement involved in the production of each alveolar sound.

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Place of articulation is one method of describing consonants by referring to where the sound is made.

Based on place of articulation, consonants can be classified into categories/groups.

1. Bilabials: {p, b, m}.

2. Labiodentals: {f, v}

3. Dental: {θ, ð}

4. Alveolar: {l, r, n, z, s, t, d}

Zawawi

1. For labiodentals, we raise the lower lip to come in full contact with the upper teeth.

2. For dentals, we raise the tip of the tongue towards the upper teeth, and the tongue assumes a position right in the middle between the upper teeth and the lower teeth.

Zawawi

1. My bottom teeth make contact with my upper lip as I exhale.

2. My tongue presses against my upper teeth.

1.Our two lips meet each other in order to come out with some sounds ==> bilabials

2.Tongue and teeth meet to try to pronounce some words

Ghazal

The lower teeth touch the upper lip, and air comes out:

This produces the /f/ sound as in fun. It’s unvoiced — only air is released without vocal cord vibration.

The tip of the tongue touches the upper teeth:

 The tongue touches gently, and air flows through.

Tayma

1- placing the upper teeth on the lower lips . 2- tongue touches my upper teeth .

mariam ishtayeh

1- The lips get pressed against each other.

 2- The tip of the tongue touches the upper front teeth.

malak abu safia

1-I put my top teeth into my bottom lip and let the air out.

2- I put my tongue to the edge of my upper front teeth.

Aya

Labiodentals:

We place our bottom lip against our upper front teeth and push air out.

Dentals:

We place our tongue against or just behind our upper front teeth.

1. We put the upper teeth in the upper jaw on the lower lips, as (f)(v).

2. When the apex( the front part of the tongue) touch the upper teeth, as (th).

Meesan.

1- When i produce labiodentals i put my upper teeth on the lower lip.

 2- When i produce dentals i put tongue between my upper and lower teeth.

Shahed Zayat.

When you produce labiodental sounds, you use your lower lip and your upper front teeth

1- We higher our lower lip to come in contact with our front

Teeth

2- We higher our tongue to come in contact with our front teeth.

Yara

1. The lips get pressed against each other

2. The upper teeth get pressed to the lower lip

Lama

Labiodentals : my bottom lip touches my upper front teeth.

1. What do you do with your mouth when you produce labiodentals?

2. What do you do with your mouth when you produce dentals?

Zawawi

We can describe consonants by referring to:

1. Voicing

2. Place of articulation (Where the sound is made)

Zawawi

Voicing is one way of classifying and describing consonants

1. Voiced consonants {n, r, z, v, g}

2. Voiceless consonants {s, f, t, p}

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Some consonants are voiced.

All vowels are voiced.

All consonants involve some type of obstruction to the flow of air.

All vowels involve free movement of air.

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We can classify consonants into groups based on voicing and voicelessness.

Some consonants are voiced

Some consonants are voiceless

This has to do with the vocal cords.

If the vocal cords vibrate against one another, then the sound is voiced.

If they don't vibrate (if they are separated from one another), then the sound is voiceless.

Zawawi

Consonants are the type of sounds whose production involves some type of obstruction to the flow of air.

Vowels are the type of sounds whose production involves free movement of air.

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