Psychology - Phonetics: Consonants, Pages Containing IPA, Phonetic Alphabets, Approximant Consonant, Click Consonant, Consonant, Flap Consonant, Lateral Consonant, Liquid Consonant, Nasal Consonant, Semivowel, Sibilant Consonant, Stop Consonant, Affricate

This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 83. Chapters: Consonants, Pages containing IPA, Phonetic alphabets, Approximant consonant, Click consonant, Consonant, Flap consonant, Lateral consonant, Liquid consonant, Nasal consonant, Semivowel, Sibilant consonant, Stop consonant, Affricate consonant, Approximant consonant, Articulation, Click consonant, Comparative method, Consonant, Consonants, Flap consonant, Fricative consonant, Implosive consonant, Lateral consonant, Liquid consonant, Manner of articulation, Nasal consonant, Phonics, Romance languages, Semivowel, Shamanism, Sibilant consonant, Sonorant, Stop consonant, Trill consonant, Vowel, Vowels, International Phonetic Alphabet, Acoustic phonetics, Allophone, Articulation, Articulatory phonetics, Auditory phonetics, Diphthong, Formants, Initiation, Intonation, Larynx, Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program, Lombard effect, Manner of articulation, Motor theory of speech perception, Phone, Phonemes, Phonemic awareness, Phonological awareness, Phonological deficit, Pitch reset, Place of articulation, Pronunciation, Prosody, Rhotacism, Secondary articulations, Speech perception, Stress, Timing, Trill consonant, Vocal cords, Voice, Voice, Voice onset time, Vowel. Excerpt: Approximants are speech sounds that could be regarded as intermediate between vowels and typical consonants. In the articulation of approximants, articulatory organs produce a narrowing of the vocal tract, but leave enough space for air to flow without much audible turbulence. Approximants are therefore more open than fricatives. This class of sounds includes lateral approximants like, as in lip, and approximants like and in yes and well which correspond closely to vowels and semivowels. Palatal approximants correspond to front vowels, velar approximants to back vowels, and labialized approximants to rounded vowels. They are typically briefer and closer than the corresponding vowels. When emphasized, approximants may be slightly fricated...