ENGLISH PLOSIVES
Into the English consonant sounds, there
are agroup called plosives, it means that they are produced by the blocking air
in the mouth suddenly released. Plosives have some characteristics to be
produced, such as:
·
One or two articulators move
against others to forms a total stricture, in order to avoid the scape of the
air flow.
·
After that, the air is
compressed, and the air is allowed to escape.
·
If the air flow is still
under pressure behind the stricture, it means that the escape will produce a
loud noise, called plosion.
There are six consonants that have these
characteristics: /p/, /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/ and /g/. The first are voiceless and
the other ones are voiced, and can occur in initial, medial and final position
in a word. For more information, examples and practice, here you have some web sites and a video.
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