ARTICULATORY PHONETICS

The field of articulatory phonetics is a subfield of phonetics that

studies articulation and ways that humans produce speech.

Generally, articulatory phonetics is concerned with the transformation

of aerodynamic energy into acoustic energy.

Aerodynamic energy refers to the airflow through the vocal tract.

Its potential form is air pressure; its kinetic form is the actual dynamic airflow.

Acoustic energy is variation in the air pressure that can be represented as sound
waves, which are then perceived by the human auditory system as sound

 In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation of a consonant is a location

along the vocal tract where its production occurs. It is a point where a
constriction is made between an active and a passive articulator.

Refers to where the sound is made in the mouth. There are seven places of
articulation: Bilabial, Labiodental, Dental, Alveolar, Palatal, Velar, and Glottal.

What is the function of place of articulation?

The 'Place of Articulation', the speech organs, are primarily involved in the
production of a particular sound. These speech organs modify the airstream that is
pushed up by the lungs; this process produces different sounds.