Nasal Plosion

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 568.

Lateral Plosion

Incomplete Plosion

Plosion Loss

Speech sounds are seldom pronounced isolatedly but join in words/phrases. Linking sounds in/between words follows certain rules. The previous sound's plosion links to the next sound's closure, thus making up joint sound pronunciation in speech. It happens differently depending on sound type.

This way 2 plosive consonants of the same formation place like [-pb-] in the word combinations “cheap book” or [-dd-] in “midday” are pronounced without the 1st consonant's plosion. The 1st consonant has the 1st 2 stages while the 2nd consonant has the 3rd stage. So the combination sounds with double consonant plosion.

In combining 2 plosive consonants of different origin (like [-kt-] in “asked” or [-tg-] in “don't go”) both have all the 3 articulation stages though with the 1st consonant's plosion being very weak, almost inaudible.

The [t], [d] plosives are pronounced together with the lateral [l] sonant, without a vowel overtone in between. In the [tl], [dl] combinations both sounds are apical alveolar. In their articulation the tongue's front edge stays on the alveoli, the sides lower and air leaves the mouth cavity with some plosion noise as “middle” [-dl], “little” [-tl].

Joining the [t], [d] plosives and the nasal [n] sonant features their pronunciation unification. In pronouncing the apical alveolar [tn], [dn] combinations the tongue's front edge sticks to the alveoli while air leaves the nasal cavity with some plosion as in “burden” [-dn], “button” [-tn].

Linking [r]

The “r” letter and the “re/er” combination don't read at words ends. However when between words before a English vowel sounds, “r/re/er” create the linking [r]. Here it blends the 2 words as in “far away” ['fa:r_ә'wei].

[r] with Plosive Consonants

The [r] sonant after voiced plosive [b], [g] consonants is pronounced weakly, not rollingly. Both sounds are pronounced as one.

In articulating the apical alveolar [t], [d] before the cacuminal [r] sonant there's reciprocal assimilation. Affected by the post-alveolar [r], the tongue's front edge articulates [t], [d] by retracting, making [t], [d] post-alveolar too. At the same time the plosive [t], [d] affect the [r] sonant. The voiceless plosive [t] devoices the sonant making its start fricative like [∫] as in [tri:]. The voiced [d] also partially changes the sonant's articulation, [r] loses sonority at its start resembling [ʒ] as in [dri:m].