Miscellaneous
A speech sound that is produced like a vowel but that functions as a consonant.
What is semivowel?
The soft palate is in its raised position shutting off the nasal resonator and the tip of the tongue is in contact with the upper teeth ridge allowing the air to escape on both or on one when there is a unilateral tongue-rim closure with the upper side teeth
What is a voiced alveolar lateral-approximant ?
This sound occurs before a vowel or dipthong
What is clear L?
When producing this sound Spanish seakers tend to produce a voiced bilabial fricative or voiced labiodental fricative.
What is /w/?
These sounds cannot occur in final position
What is a /w/ and /j/?
Both lips come close ,very rounded, but there is no full closure and the back of the tongue is raised at the velum.
What is /w/?
This allophone occures after a vowel or a dipthong.
What is dark L?
When spanish speakers try to produce this sound they put their tongue in a retroflex position and use the tip of the tongue to flap against the alveolar ridge
what is spanish thrill?
Occurs in word such as way, rye, and you. When one articulator comes close to the other without creating friction
What is an approximant?
Voiced opponent labial velar-bilabial alveolar
What is /w/?
Allophone found in the word beauty
What is fully voices /j/?
This sound presents little problems for spanish speakers.
What is /w/?
These two sounds are non-syllabic.
What are /w/ and /j/?
Voiced opponent palatal approximant
What is /j/?
This allophone occurs in the word PARTICULAR
What is partially devoiced /j/?
It may present difficulty to produce this sound when a front vowel follows such as /iː/
What is /j/?
These two sounds are syllabic.
What are /r/ and /l/?
Voiced opponent post alveolar
What is/R/?
Allophone found in this word:petrol.
What is a partially devoiced /r/?
As there is no phonemic opposition between this two allophones, Spanish speakers tend to produce only this one.
What is a clear /l/ ?