Speech Apparatus
Marco D. Meduranda
Watch the video about Filipino
accent.
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What information about Filipino speech do
you find interesting and agreeable?
Do you agree with the speaker about how he
portray Filipinos’ capacity to speak English?
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Phonetics
Phonetics is the study of the medium of spoken
language, that is, the production, transmission
and reception of the sounds of human speech.
Spoken language is produced by the
movements of the organs of speech.
All human beings have the same organs of
speech. So, theoretically speaking, every
normal human being can produce any of the
sounds of human speech.
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The Organs of Speech
The respiratory system, consisting of the lungs,
the muscles of the chest, and the wind-pipe
(trachea)
The phonatory system, formed by the larynx
The articulatory system, consisting of the nose,
the mouth (including the tongue, the teeth, the
roof of the mouth, and the lips)
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Organs of Speech
Respiratory System
Lungs
Muscles of
the chest
Phonatory System
Trachea
Pharynx
Articulatory System
Lips
Teeth
Roof
of the
mouth
Larynx
Vocal
cords
Teeth
ridge
Hard
palate
Tip
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Soft
palate
Blade
Tongue
Uvula
Front
Back
Rims
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Lips
- they serve
for creating different sounds mainly the labial, bilabial (e.g. /p/, /b/,
/m/, /hw/, and /w/) and labio-dental
consonant sounds (e. g. /f/ and /v/ - and
thus create an important part of the
speech apparatus.
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Upper Lip
Lower Lip
- small whitish structures found in
jaws
- responsible for creating sounds
mainly the labio-dental (e.g. /f/ and
/v/and lingua-dental (e.g. /ð/and /θ/)
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Teeth
tongue
- with its wide variety of possible
movements, it assists in forming the
sounds of speech.
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TONGUE
Back
Middle(Dorsum)
Front(Blade)
Tip(Apex)
Alveolar ridge
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