Purchase Solution

consonant articulation

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

What are the sounds represented by the midsagittal diagrams that I have attached below? What is the "place" and "manner "of articulation.? What is the IPA symbol that represents the sound ( there may be two symbols (voiced, voiceless) for some diagrams )?

Attachments
Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

Consonant articulation is depicted. The midsagittal diagrams and IPA symbols that represent the sounds are analyzed.

Solution Preview

I loved this stuff when I took it! It's so cool to understand how we make the sounds in our language. To work out the answers to these questions, you'll need a copy of your IPA phonetic symbols and their English equivalents. And you'll need your class notes or a text book that discusses the the various places (e.g. labial, velar) and manners (e.g. plosive, fricative) of articulation. I'm presuming you have these at hand. I'll deal with A. first.
<br>A. First, try to mimic the position of the lips, teeth and tongue (i.e. lips together, teeth slightly apart, tongue not touching the palate). Now, without letting any air out between your lips, try pushing the air out of your lungs and into your mouth with just ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Symbolism in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

The quiz will identify several potential symbolic motifs in Coleridge's famous poem. It will stimulate the student to consider possible topics for essays. Furthermore, it will provide a brief review of some of the symbolic content of the poem.

Macbeth Comprehension Act Two

Test your knowledge of basic plot, character analysis, imagery, and language on the second Act of this famous Shakespeare play.

Developing Your Professional Voice

Linda Bergman, author of “Academic Research and Writing”, outlines several guidelines that are useful to help writers develop their professional voice in writing. This quiz helps students hone in on some of those methods and provides ways that they can easily implement them into their essays.

Who wrote it?

Students will match the literary work with the correct author. I have selected works which are often taught as part of a high school or college curriculum

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

This quiz was written to test your understanding of Jonathan Swift’s essay, A Modest Proposal.