articulators involve in producing vowel sounds the characteristics of vowel sounds

1. PRODUCTION OF
SPEECH SOUNDS
VOWELS

2. Air from lungs
passes through
larynx, goes
through vocal
tract and ends
at mouth and
nostrils.

3. •Tube begins just above larynx
•Female: 7cm Male: 8cm
•Top end is divided into two; to the mouth and nasal cavity
PHARYNX
•Allows air to pass through the mouth or nose.
•Can be touched by tongue
•Velar consonants. ( [k] , [g])
VELUM /
SOFT PALATE
•Roof of the mouth
HARD
PALATE

4. • Between top front teeth and hard palate.
• Produces alveolar sound ([t], [d])
ALVEOLAR
RIDGE
• Can be moved to many places and different
shapes.
• Tip, blade, front, back, root
TONGUE
• Upper and lower teeth
• Produces dental sounds ([
TEETH
• Can be moved to make different shapes.
• Produces bilabial sounds ([p]) and labiodental
sounds ()
LIPS

5. •Produces nasal sounds
([n], [m])
NASAL CAVITY
/ NOSE
•Doesn’t make contact
with other articulators.
•Move lower jaw.
JAWS

6.  Vowels: sounds which there is no obstruction
to the flow of the air as it passes from larynx
to the lips.
 Consonants: sounds produce wen the air flow
is being obstructed. Some exceptions may
occur.

7. Tongue
 Different position of the tongue produces
different sounds.
Front Back
Open Close

9. Lips (Lip-rounding)
 Rounded – corners of the lips are brought
towards each other and the lips pushed
forwards.
 Spread – corners of the lips moved away from
each other
 Neutral – no noticeably rounded or spread