English
has six plosive consonants (p, t, k, b, d, g) that have different places of
articulation. Examining their manner of articulation there is a description of
how they are produced. P and b are bilabial because they are created pressing
the lips together; t and d are alveolar because to produce it we need to press
the tongue blade against the alveolar ridge; k and g are velar because we need
to touch our hard palate with the back of our tongue.
“All six
plosives can occur at initial, medial or final position” (Roach, 2009). In
initial positions we can listen an audible plosion of sound due to the strong
quality of the plosive at this state. Plosives require of aspiration that is commonly described as the period in speech when
the air escapes through the vocal folds through in the post-release phase.
Medial and final positions are marked by a dependable factor that indicates the
strength of the preceded or the following syllables to make the plosive
accented or not.
I have found a very useful video to complete what we already know about stops or plosives. It is a video about glottal stops leaded by the recognized professor called JenniferESL (online name)
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