General American Speech Sounds

AMERICAN SPEECH åsk āte Back of tongue BACK VOWELS begin Breath released breath stream chart Description on pages diaphragm diphthong DIPHTHONGS ENDING drill drop the jaw dropping the tongue EDWARD ROWLAND SILL ēve exercises friction FRONT VOWELS give glide sound GLOTTIS CONSONANT HARD PALATE CONSONANTS hear HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW International Phonetic Alphabet LIP AND TEETH LIP CONSONANTS MIDDLE VOWELS narrowing the passage nose ōld ōō organs of speech PARTLY HARD PALATE PARTLY TEETH-RIDGE plosive pronounced pronunciation protruded pure vowel quickly relaxed resonance round singing smile Soft palate raised SONANTS sound Spelling speech sounds Stephen Vincent Benét stopping the breath Tarantara teacher TEETH CONSONANTS titwillow tongue against upper tongue raised triphthongs unaccented syllables upper front teeth-ridge ûrn Vocal cords vibrating Voiced nasal continuant vowel sounds W. S. GILBERT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE words yawn