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 ?
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/?
Occurs in word such as way, rye, and you. When one articulator comes close to the other without creating friction
What is an approximant?
This sound presents little problems for spanish speakers.
What is /w/?
These two sounds are non-syllabic.
What are /w/ and /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/?
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/ ?