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Class activity 1

1. Sort the following words into five classes on the basis of the manner of
articulation of their initial consonant sound. Indicate in transcription the initial
sound in each word.

Sixty, five, generous, lesson, doubt, give, quite, usual, thrown, then, monster, hope,
chemist, knot, cherry, physics, yacht, wrong, rubber

plosive fricative affricate approximant nasal
doubt /d/
give /g/
quite /k/
chemist /k/

sixty /z/
five /f/
thrown /!/
then /!/
hope /h/
physics /f/
generous /"/
cherry /!/

lesson /l/
usual /j/
yacht /j/
wrong /r/
rubber /r/
monster /m/
knot /n/

2. Define the following sounds according to place and manner of articulation, and
voicing:

/#/
Place of articulation: velar
Manner of articulation: nasal
Voicing: voiced
/$/
Place of articulation: palato-alveolar
Manner of articulation: fricative
Voicing: voiceless
/j/

Place of articulation: palatal
Manner of articulation: approximant
Voicing: voiced
/"/

Place of articulation: palato-alveolar
Manner of articulation: affricate
Voicing: voiced
/%/

Place of articulation: palato-alveolar
Manner of articulation: fricative
Voicing: voiced
/s/

Place of articulation: alveolar
Manner of articulation: fricative
Voicing: voiceless
/l/

Place of articulation: alveolar
Manner of articulation: approximant
Voicing: voiced
/g/

Place of articulation: velar
Manner of articulation: plosive
Voicing: voiced
[&]
Place of articulation: glottal
Manner of articulation: stop
Voicing: voiceless
/!/
Place of articulation: dental
Manner of articulation: fricative
Voicing: voiced

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