English Phonetics: Pronunciation and Sound Production

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Consonant Clusters

Stop + Stop: When one stop consonant is immediately followed by another, as in kept, the closure of the speech organs for the second consonant is made while the closure for the first consonant is still in position. There’s only one explosion for the two stops; the first stop is incomplete. This “missing explosion” happens whenever one stop consonant (except /tʃ/ and /dʒ/) is followed immediately by another, not only at the end of words but also in the middle of words, as in actor,

Speech Sound Production and Classification

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Understanding Speech Sounds: Phonetics and Phonology

The Role of the Larynx and Pharynx in Speech

The larynx is situated at the upper extreme of the trachea (windpipe), sheltered by a group of bones and cartilages that can be seen prominently as the “Adam’s apple.” It has two basic functions: a biological one, preventing food or other objects from entering the trachea, and another related to speech production, controlling the passing of the air.

The pharynx is the cavity comprised between the larynx