Oral consonant
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An oral consonant is a
vocal cords and lungs also make a contribution to producing speech by controlling the volume (amplitude) and pitch (frequency) of the sound. The use of the vocal cords will also determine whether the consonant is voiced or voiceless. The vast majority of consonants are oral, such as, for example [p], [w], [v] and [x]. The others are nasal, such as the nasal occlusives [m] or [ɲ
].
Before there appeared the consonantal opposition nasal/oral, consonant was distinguished from vowel as closed tract from open tract. Once the nasal consonant has been opposed to the oral as presence to absence of the open tract, the contrast consonant/vowel is revalued as presence vs. absence of a closed tract.[1]
See also
- Nasal consonant
- Manner of articulation
- List of phonetics topics
References
- ^ Jakobson, Roman; Halle, Morris (1956). Fundamentals of Language. The Hague: Mouton. p. 38.
External links
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