Manners of Articulation of Consonant Sounds
Manners of Articulation of Consonant Sounds Based on the manner of articulation, consonants can be classified as follows. Plosives: When the articulators are suddenly seperated and the oral closure released, the air escapes with a small explosive noise. Sounds thus produced with a stricture of complete closure and sudden release are called plosives. Affricates: An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative. In the production of affricates there is complete closure, the oral and nasal passage of air is completely blocked. Fricatives: In the production of fricatives the articulators are brought so close together that the air is escaping through the narrow space between them producing an audible fiction or a hissing sound. Nasals: ...
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