《英语语音》课程PPT教学课件（英文版）Unit 4 English Pronunciation for Communication

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English Pronunciation for Communication A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang Guizhen Faculty of English Language & Culture Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

English Nasals, Approximants Lateral(s) The English consonants can be classified according to place of articulation manner of articulation voicing. i.e. voiced or voiceless

English Nasals, Approximants & Lateral(s) The English consonants can be classified according to place of articulation manner of articulation voicing, i.e. voiced or voiceless

Nasals, Approximants lateral(s) Like the stops the nasals are all made by closing the vocal tract at some point in the mouth Unlike the stops or any other sounds in the language, there is an opening into the nasal cavity in the pronunciation so that the sound can be resonated through the nose The nasal consonants are/m/ n/ and// /W/, /r/, and /j/ are called approximants because it is an articulation in which the articulators approach each other but do not get sufficiently close to each other to produce a"complete consonant such as a stop nasal or fricative Iis called a "lateral" because during its pronunciation the passage of air through the mouth does not go in the usual way along the centre of the tongue

Nasals, Approximants & Lateral(s) Like the stops, the nasals are all made by closing the vocal tract at some point in the mouth. Unlike the stops or any other sounds in the language, there is an opening into the nasal cavity in the pronunciation so that the sound can be resonated through the nose. The nasal consonants are /m/, /n/, and / /. /w/, /r/, and /j/ are called approximants because it is an articulation in which the articulators approach each other but do not get sufficiently close to each other to produce a "complete" consonant such as a stop, nasal or fricative. /l/ is called a "lateral" because during its pronunciation, the passage of air through the mouth does not go in the usual way along the centre of the tongue

Allophonic variations of /m/ Syllabic: something Lengthened, when an arresting /m/is followed by a releasing /m/: some more The labiodnetal nasal, when followed by /f/ comfort

Allophonic variations of /m/ Syllabic: something Lengthened, when an arresting /m/ is followed by a releasing /m/: some more The labiodnetal nasal, when followed by /f/: comfort

H∴ 。。。"。 Fig. 44. Section of /m/

Allophonic variations of /n/ Dentalized before a labiodental /f/or/v/: invite Velarized before/ kor//: think Syllabic: button engthening when /n/ arrests and releases adjoining syllables: ten names

Allophonic variations of /n/ Dentalized before a labiodental /f/ or /v/: invite Velarized before /k/ or / /: think Syllabic: button Lengthening, when /n/ arrests and releases adjoining syllables: ten names

3∴ Fig. 45. Section and palatogram of/n/

Allophonic variations of / The alveolar [nl, when followed by an alveolar taking ten Syllabic: lock and key

Allophonic variations of / / The alveolar [n], when followed by an alveolar: taking ten Syllabic: lock and key

·∵。 Fig. 46. Section and palatogram of/r/in sang

Speaking ex. 1: A, p39 。 ∴ N Fig. 45. Section and palatogram of /n/. Fig. 46. Section and palatogram of /n/ in sang

Speaking ex. 1: A, p39