Fonología y Fonética

Leticia de la Paz de Dios

English pronunciation
ARTICULATORY PHONETICS
 Which organs take a bigger part in phonation?

• The lungs
• The larynx
• The pharynx
• The nose
• The mouth
• The lips
What is the process followed to create a sound?

1. Lungs
2. Larynx
3. Vocal folds (cords)
4. Resonators (pharynx, nose, lips and mouth)
5. Articulators
 The larynx
• Breathing

• Voicedless

• Voiced
 The mouth and the articulators

• Passive articulators: upper incisors, alveolar ridge and hard palate.

• Active articulators: the lower jaw, the lips, the soft palate and, especially, the
tongue.
 The lips
• They are considered both articulators and resonators.
The tongue
Nose
 Articulatory phonetics
We can classify sounds according to different criteria:
• The vibration of the vocalfolds: Voiced and voiceless
• The articulation: velar, alveolar, etc.
• The acoustic properties: more or les sonority
• The function: syllabic or non – syllabic.
 Different types of sounds:
• Voiced
• Vowels • They are more sonorous
• Syllabic capacity
• No obstruction of air flow

• They may be voiced /p/, /t/, /k/, /ts/, /s/, /z/. The
rest are voiceless
• Consonants • A great obstruction of air Flow. Sometimes, narrow or
complete closure.
• Less sonorous tan vowels
• Less capacity to constitute a syllable

• Glides • Pronounced without obstruction

• Esily affected by surrounding sounds