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Thus, in accordance with the above-given grouping of
sounds, the sounds of English can be classified as follows:
The Sounds of English
Nasal Oral
Continuant
Stop
fricativ affricate approximant vowel
m n ŋ b d g f θ s f i: i u: ʊ
tʃ dʒ w l r j h
p t k v ð z ʒ
e з: ə ʌ
ɔ: æ o a:
Test
Suggest one-word/phrase answers to the following
statements/questions:
№ Question Answer
1 The articulation of a sound consists of a set
of articulatory …
2 Grouping speech sounds according to their
major articulatory features is called an
articulatory …
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