Place of Articulation for NASALS | Consonants in English Phonology

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👉 WHAT THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT
In this video, we'll focus on the place of articulation of the three nasals sounds in English. Nasals are also called nasal occlusives’ or ‘nasal stops’. When we form nasal sounds, the air escapes not through the mouth but through the nose. You can do a little test here and form a /m/ sound and then pinch your nose: the sound will stop! Whilst all nasals share the same manner of articulation, they have different places of articulation.

In total, we have 3 nasals in English and all of them are voiced. Although they are very different to plosive sounds, there is a common connection: their place of articulation. We have the bilabial nasal /m/. There are also 2 plosives that are formed with both lips closed (/p/ & /t/). Then we have /n/, a voiced alveolar nasal. And again, there are two plosives that are alveolar as well (/t/ & /d/). Last but not least, we have a velar nasal /ŋ/ and - again - two velar plosives (/k/ & /g/). So the place of articulation is not new to you, but the way the sounds are formed (= the manner of articulation) is obviously very different between nasals and plosives.

👉 TIME STAMPS
0:00 Introduction
2:00 /m/ - bilabial voiced nasal
3:21 /n/ - alveolar voiced nasal
4:29 /ŋ/ - velar voiced nasal
6:05 Summary

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Billie is a pronunciation coach and content creator based in Barcelona, Spain. Her main focus is English pronunciation, phonology and helping learners speak more fluently. Billie has a degree in Communication Research & Phonology, a PGCE in Primary Education, a Trinity College Cert & DiplomaTESOL and over 15 years of teaching experience. Aside from this channel, she works as the main course tutor on CELTA teacher training courses. Some of Billie’s videos have been featured in the popular AI pronunciation app ELSA speak.

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[aliseyar]

The way that you showed how /n/ sound stopped was a great example.

[danielataulis]

Thank you so much Billy! Your videos are of great help to become more aware of the sound articulation in English!Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱

[xavierlawrence]

I can't tell where you are from. I hear Irish, English, Australian and even some sort of Scandinavian speaking English 🤣