VOWELS AND
CONSONANTS

16. Putting vowels and consonants together

She sells seashells on the seashore and the seashells that she sells are seashells I'm sure.

Oro Win

Click on 'Man' or 'Woman' to hear these speakers

Half speed recording man

Half speed recording woman

VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

Peter Ladefoged (Late of University of California, Los Angeles, USA), Sandra Ferrari Disner (University of Southern California, USA)

February 2012, ©2011, Wiley-Blackwell

BROWSE BY CHAPTER

• 1. Sounds and languages -The IPA chart sounds
• 2. Pitch and loudness
• 3. Vowel contrasts
• 4. The sounds of vowels
• 6. The sounds of consonants
• 7. Acoustic components of speech
• 8. Talking computers
• 10. Categorical perception experiments
• 12. Making English vowels
• 13. Actions of the larynx
• 14. Consonants around the world
• 15. Vowels around the world
• 16. Putting vowels and consonants together