LATERAL &

APPROXIMENT SOUNDS
LECTURER: MAYANG PIPIT
LATERAL /l/
1. The blade of tongue touches the 4. 2 allophones
alveolar ridge Light /l/: before a vowel (low)
The air is stopped there and then
Dark /l/: preceeding a consonant
released without producing a (eels)
friction
5. l, ll
2. Lateral
6. In pronuncing /l/ when it is a syllabic
3. IMF position consonant
Look miller kill
Bottle bƆtƏl bƆtᴉ
Leave million hall
APPROXIMANT /w/
1. Upper and lower lips move toward each other without any contact, it shapes
a lip protrusion
2. Bilabial approimant/semi vowel
3. IM position
Water away
4. -
5. w, o (one)
The letter ‘w’ appears but it’s not be pronounced (cow  /kau/)
4. Do not protrude the lips
APPROXIMENT /r/
1. Tip of the tongue moves toward alveolar ridge, before touching it, it curls
backward; there is no contact between them.
2. Retroflex approximant
3. IMF (AE), IM (BE)
Read sherry bar
4. -
5. R, rr
6. Indonesian /r/ tauching the alveolar
APPROXIMENT /j/
1. The front of tongue raises toward hard palate without making a contact
2. Palatal approximant
3. IM position
yard prayer
1. -
2. y
The letter ‘y’ appears but it’s not be pronounced (pay  /pel/)
1. -
WE HAVE FINISHED ALL OF THE
ENGLISH CONSONANTS !
THE INVENTORY OF ENGLISH CONSONANTS
Place of Articulation
Manner Labial Alveola Alveo
Dental Velar Glottal
of Bi-labial Labio- r Palatal
Articulati dental
on
Vs Vd Vs Vd Vs Vd Vs Vd Vs Vd
Vd Vs Vs Vd
Plosive p b t d k g ʔ
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h
Affricate tʃ dʒ
Lateral l
Nasal m n ŋ
Semi- w r j
vowel
IPA (International Phonetics Alphabets)
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