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The document discusses human speech organs and their names, provides examples of words to practice phonetic transcription, and describes different airstream mechanisms used in speech including pulmonic, glottalic, and velaric mechanisms. Ejectives, implosives, clicks, voiced and voiceless stops are discussed in relation to airstream mechanisms.

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The document discusses human speech organs and their names, provides examples of words to practice phonetic transcription, and describes different airstream mechanisms used in speech including pulmonic, glottalic, and velaric mechanisms. Ejectives, implosives, clicks, voiced and voiceless stops are discussed in relation to airstream mechanisms.

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English phonetics and phonology - Worksheet 1

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1. Human speech organs
In the spaces provided, fill in the names of the human speech organs numbered in the
diagram.
1. under lip
2. upper teeth
3. alveolar ridge
4. hard palate
5. velum
6. uvula
7. eplglottls
8. lower lip
9. tip
10. blade
11. front
12. back
13. oral cavity
14. vocal folds/ larynx

2. Phonemic representation
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Work out phonemic representations for the following words, using the convention of
slash brackets. Remember that phonemic representations adhere strictly to the principle:
`one sound, one symbol'. Pronounce some of these words to yourself and attempt to
write down their phonetic transcriptions next to the phonemic transcriptions.
Word Phonemic transcription Phonetic transcription
cat
pyjamas
cast
fission
cod
through
kill
cattle
shut
quite
floor
there
calm
heard
gang

3. Airstream Mechanism

Fill in the blanks in the following passage with the words provided (some words may be
used more than once):

voiced clicks ejectives velaric voiceless glottalic pulmonic plosives implosives

There are three principle airstream mechanisms: the ____ pulmonic ___ airstream
mechanism, the __ velaric ___ airstream mechanism, and the __ glottalic __ airstream
mechanism. In normal utterances in all the languages of the world, the airstream is
always flowing outward if the _ pulmonic __ airstream mechanism is involved. Stops
made with this mechanism are called ___ plosives __. The only mechanism that is used in
some languages to produce some sounds with inward going air and some sounds with
outward going air is the __ glottalic ____airstream mechanism. Stops made with this
mechanism acting ingressively are called ___ implosives __. Stops made with this
mechanism acting egressively are called _ ejectives __. The mechanism that is used in
language to produce sounds only with inward going air is the _ velaric __ airstream
mechanism. Stops made with this mechanism are called ___ clicks __. Stops may vary in
their voice onset time. In this respect, [b,d,g] are ____ voiced __ stops, [p,t,k] are _
voiceless __stops.
English phonetics and phonology - Worksheet 1
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