Every person has a specialized speech system used to pronounce a wide variety of sounds. These sounds stands for a linguistics' branch called Phonetics.
PHONETICS /fəˈnɛtɪks/
Consonant articulation
The tongue
The major places of articulation used in speech are in the consonant articulation. Besides, the tongue is the primary articulating organ of the final utterance.
Sound Classes
Glides
Although they function as consonant sounds, they stand for a property to articulate rapidly not only consonant but vowels.
Vowels and Consonants
Conosonants
Not Syllabic
Less sonorous
Narrow or complete closure of the vocal tract
Vowels
Syllabic
More sonorous
Obstruction in the vocal tract
The SPS enables the Speech production through an air supply (produced by the lungs) and a serie of filters (the pharynx,the oral cavity and the nasal cavity).
The Sound producing System
The glottal States
There are 4 positions of the vocal folds
Murmur
Whisper
Voiced
Voiceless
The larynx
This organ is the sound source where the vocal fords are located.
Phonetics transcription
Segments
These features are subunits of a word that reflect the articulatory aspects individually.
International Phonetic Alphabet
The IPA is considered as the best known transcription system. It consists of a symbol for each single sound.
