Universidad de Carabobo

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Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación Departamento de Idiomas Modernos Cátedra: Fonética y Fonología del Inglés Fonética y Fonología del Inglés (MEIMFI55) Compilación: Profa. Jurate Kukanauza Profa: Mary Allegra Junio, 2023 Laya, A. & Quintana de Laya, C. (1994). An introduction to the study of phonology. Caracas: FEDUPEL. 2 THE ORGANS OF SPEECH The speech apparatus is formed by a series of organs and cavities that form a passage from the lungs to the lips and nostrils. The section of this passage that is above the larynx is called the vocal tract. When we speak, the air we have inhaled into the lungs moves out through the trachea, the larynx and the pharynx, the nose and mouth. The sounds produced in this way are called egressive. Sounds produced by taking air into the vocal tract are called ingressive. Sounds in English and Spanish are egressive; certain African languages use ingressive sounds called "clicks". We will study the speech mechanism following the passage of air as we exhale, in the following sequence: Laya, A. & Quintana de Laya, C. (1994). An introduction to the study of phonology. Caracas: FEDUPEL. 3 The lungs, situated in the thorax, resemb...