DEFINITIONS

Question 1

What are the features of nasal consonants?

Answer 1

• always voiced
• velum lowered so air can escape through the nose
• pulmonic - air pressure from the lungs

Question 2

What are the features of implosives?

Answer 2

• always voiced
• ingressive as opposed to egressive.
• non-pulmonic

Question 3

what are the features of fricative consonants?

Answer 3

• close approximation
• continuous and turbulant airflow
• pulmonic - air pressure from the lungs

Question 4

what are the features of approximants?

Answer 4

• Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow
• pulmonic
• voiced

Question 5

what are the features of plosives?

Answer 5

• complete closure in the vocal tract causing building of pressure