The document discusses phonetic concepts related to vowels and consonants in English and Spanish. It defines dimensions of vowels including voicing, quality, tongue position, area, and lip shape. It also defines consonant place and manner of articulation, including plosive, fricative, nasal, lateral, approximant, and examples in different languages. Key differences between English and Spanish vowels are summarized such as tense/lax distinction and phonetic transcriptions are provided.
5. A vowels is a speech sounds produced by
human beings when the breath flows out
throught mouth without being blocked by
teeth, tonge or lips.
Vowels are not formed by blocking airflow.
Vowels characterized by the relative height
of the tongue relative rounding opf the lips.
7. In spanish every vowel sound is
considered voiced tense
In english every simple vowel is
considered lax, & complex are
considered tense
8. Spanish /i/with English /Iy/ and /I/
Spanish English
/i/ /Iy/ /I/
Voiced , simple, high, Voiced ,complex, Voiced, simple,high-
front, tense, spread (adjacent front, lax, spread
glide),high,front, tense,
spread.
[i] [?] [I?:] [I?] [I:] [I]
unlengthen nasalized lengthene unlengthen lengthen unlengthen
ed d ed ed ed
9. Spanish /e/with English /ey/ and /?/
Spanish English
/e/ /ey/ /? /
Voiced ,simple, mid- Voiced Voiced ,simple, mid-
front, tense, spread ,complex(adjacent front, lax, spread
glide), mid-front, tense,
spread
[e] ?
[ e] [?] ?
[eI:] ?
[eI] [?:] [ ?]
unleng nasalize ope lengthene unlengthen lengthen unlengthen
thened d n d ed ed ed
10. Spanish /a/with English /a/ and /?/
Spanish English
/a/ /a/ /?/
Vd, simpl, L-C, Vd, simpl, L-C, lax, Vd, simpl, L-C, tens,
tens, neutral neutral neutral,
spread
[a] ?
[a] [a:] [a] [?] [?:]
unlengthen nasal lenghtene Unlengthen lenghtened Unlengthen
ed d ed ed
English /?/¡±schwa¡±
/?/
Voiced simple mid central lax neutral
[¦«:]<=vd.c [¦«]<=vls.c [?] [ ?] [?]
Legthened Unlengthen neutral Unstresed stressed
ed
11. Spanish /o/with English /?/ and /ow/
Spanish English
/o/ / ?/ /ow/
Vd,simpl,M-B, tens, Vd,simpl,M-B, lax, Vd,compl(ad,gl)M-B,
Rounded Rounded tens, Rounded
[o] ?
[o] [?] [?:] [ ?] ?
[ou:] ?
[ou]
unleng nasal open Lengthene unlengthe lengthene Unlength
thened d ned d ened
Spanish /u/with English /?/ and /uw/
Spanish English
/u/ /?/ /uw/
Vd, simpl, H-B, Vd, simpl, H-B, lax, Vd, complex(ad, gl), H-
tense, rounded rounded B, tense, rounded
[u] ?
[u] [?:] [?] ?
[uu:] ?
[uu]
unlengthen nasal Lengthene unlengthen lengthen unlengthen
ed d ed ed ed
12. A combinations of vowels , they are called
dihthongs.
A dihthong starts in one position (nucleus)
and moves to another position (the glides)
or viceversa.
Is a phonological group consisting of a
vowel sound followed by a non adjacent
glide whitin the same syllable
13. Spanish
English Au [au] diphthongs
Ay [ai]
/ay/[aI] Oy [oi] 1. open + closed
/aw/[au] Ya [ja]
Ye [je]
2. closed + open
/?y/[?I] Yo [jo]
Yw [ju]
3. closed + open
Wa [wa]
We [we]
Wy [wi] /a/ /a/
Wo [wo]
Ey [ei]
Ew [eu] /e/ /y/ /w/ /e/
/o/ /o/
15. bilabial: both lips together
Labiodental: upper teeth against lower lips
dental: tongue against or between the
teeth
alveolar: tongue against the alveolar ridge,
just behind the upper teeth
postalveolar tongue behind the alveolar
: ridge
23. Lateral - An articulation in which the airstream
flows over the sides of the tongue, as in English
[l] in "leaf."
Laterals also resmemble nasals and vowels on
a spectrogram.
Approximant - An articulation in which one
articulator is close to another but to a lesser
degree than for a fricative., as in English [w] in
"wet."
Very often approximants are divided into the
following two sub-classes:-
?liquids (e.g. English, [?] and [l])
?semi-vowels (e.g. English, [w] and [j]) - also
known as "glides"
24. Lateral - An articulation in which the airstream
flows over the sides of the tongue, as in English
[l] in "leaf."
Laterals also resmemble nasals and vowels on
a spectrogram.
Approximant - An articulation in which one
articulator is close to another but to a lesser
degree than for a fricative., as in English [w] in
"wet."
Very often approximants are divided into the
following two sub-classes:-
?liquids (e.g. English, [?] and [l])
?semi-vowels (e.g. English, [w] and [j]) - also
known as "glides"
25. /k/ vls /g/vd } voicing
dorso ¨C velar
articulation- point articulation
Oral plosive
DISTRIBUTION:
S E FR
P P.C-F.V P.C
28. The /h/ is another sound The /h/ sound never
which happens in partial occursin final position
distribution
Spanish speaker same This phoneme not exists in
pronounce as the english / Spanish but it¡¯s an
h/ allophone of sound /x/
EXAMPLES
<h> holiday
/hal?dey/
<wh>whole /?howl/