2018-02-08 Pronunciation: consonant pairs

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Monday, February 19th, there will be no class due to President’s Day.
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Homework: p. 151 exercise 6A - label the parts of the speech pathway
1 nose
2 nasal cavity (air goes through this for nasal consonants /m, n, ŋ/
3 upper lip
4 upper teeth
5 tooth ridge
6 hard palate
7 soft palate
8 lower lip
9 lower teeth
10 tip of the tongue
11 front of the tongue
12 back of the tongue
13 vocal cords
glottis - the part in your throat that you close in the middle of “uh-oh”, and narrow for /h/
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The ‘th’ sounds /θ/ and /ð/ need the tongue and top and bottom teeth, but not the lips.
thinker
sinker
“finker”
tinker
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English is difficult. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
through the throat
Thirty-three Thursdays
Thirty three dirty trees
They thankfully think this thing is the best thing that they can throw the three times they need to throw a thing.
- If you know you have difficulty with a particular sound (or pair of sounds), force yourself to learn and say tongue twisters with those sounds.
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The wind went right through three free light fleeces.
The light on the right isn’t the right light.
Really rural parallel roads.
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/ʃ/ vs. /ʧ/ and /ʒ/ vs. /ʤ/
Cheap sheep chew shoes and the teacher’s T-shirts.
liesure / ledger
They left a message abbout the massage appointment.
Jacques is a jock.
The major measured it.
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p. 150 exercise 5 - Tell me the right response to my sentences.