Pair work

1 / kem Chanthou
2/ khoen Raksmey

MANNER OF ARTICULATION
I. What are the nasal sounds?
a. Give six examples of words ending in each of the three English nasal
consonants.
b. Can you find all three of these sounds at the beginning of words in English?
Give three examples of each word initial nasal.
c. Give three examples of each nasal occurring in the middle of a word.
II. State whether the manner of articulation is the same (S) or different (D) in the final
consonants of each pair. In either case, state the manner of articulation.
Example: bomb – ten Same; nasal
rough – zip Different; fricative vs. stop
(a) album – broken Same; nasal
(b) ideal – keepsake Different; liquid vs. stop
(c) prologue – confine Different; stop vs. nasal
(d) aqueous – sociable Different; fricative vs. liquid
(e) variable – watch Different; liquid vs. affricate
(f) waste – adage Different; stop vs. affricate
(g) barometer – finish Different; liquid vs. fricative
(h) inch – gauge Same; affricate
(i) fiord – equip Same; stop
(j) barb – relief Different; stop vs. fricative
(k) alive – fiftieth Same; fricative
(l) laughing – hydraulic Different; nasal vs. stop
(m) opulence – paramedic Different; fricative vs. stop
(n) outrage – swivel Different; affricate vs. liquid
(o) dominion – eminent Different; nasal vs. stop
III. Here is a list of all the consonant sounds used in one variety of English. Each is
accompanied by a keyword in orthography. Complete the table below. how far you
can get with this without looking anything up.

Consonant
Key words Voice Place Manner
sounds
p pie voiceless bilabial plosive
t tie Voiceless alveolar stops
k key Voiceless velar stops
b buy Voice bilabial stop
d die Voice alveolar stops
g guy Voice velar stops
m my voiced bilabial nasal
n no Voice alveolar nasal
ŋ sing Voice velar nasal
f fee Voiceless labiodental fricative
v van Voice labiodental fricative
 θ thigh Voiceless interdental fricative
ð though Voice interdental fricative
s so Voiceless alveolar fricative
z zoo Voice alveolar fricative
ʃ she Voiceless alveopalatal fricative
ʒ measure Voice alveopalatal fricative
tʃ chip Voiceless alveopalatal fricative
dʒ jam Voice alveopalatal fricative
w wet Voice glides bilabial
r red Voice alveolar rhotic liquids
l let Voice alveolar lateral liquids
j yes Voice alveopalatal glide
h hat Voiceless glottal fricative

Answer

I. What are the nasal sounds?

a/ m: zoom, time, shame
n : bargain, human, reckon
ŋ: filling, banking, amazing
b/ m, n, ŋ
m: mean, mix, memo
n : nail, near, nose
ŋ : sing, thing, ling
c/ m, n, ŋ
m: human, warming, family
n: pencil, abandon, condition
ŋ: singer, finger, single