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Consonant phone
From Teflpedia
A consonant phone is a phone that represents a consonantal sound in spoken language.
Consonant phones are characterised by features that distinguish them from vowel phones, primarily the restriction of airflow during their production.
Consonant phones can be classified in various ways:
- By manner of articulation, i.e., how the airflow is restricted. For example, plosives involve a complete closure in the vocal tract, while fricatives involve a narrowing that creates turbulence.
- By place of articulation, which refers to where in the vocal tract the constriction occurs, such as at the lips (bilabial), teeth (dental), or back of the mouth (velar).
- By phonation, i.e., whether the vocal cords vibrate during production. This distinguishes between voiced consonants (e.g., [b], where the vocal cords vibrate) and voiceless consonants (e.g., [p], where they do not).
- By type of airflow, distinguishing oral consonants, where air passes only through the mouth, from nasal consonants, where air passes through the nose, as in sounds like [m] and [n].
According to the phone–phoneme distinction, a consonant phone is not necessarily the same as a consonant phoneme, which may be represented by one or more allophones in different contexts.
