Chapter 6 - Homework Exercise A

Figures 6.1, 6.3, and 6.5 are important summaries of the non-pulmonic airstream mechanisms. You should study them. For instance, below is a diagram of a voiced alveolar implosive. Choose which of the events listed in A-L correspond to the numbered sequence that annotates the diagram.

The event at 1 is:

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A. Tongue tip lowered so that air rushes into the mouth.
B. Downward movement of the glottis. Air from lungs continues to flow through the glottis.
C. Closure of the lips.
D. Body of air in the pharynx is compressed.
E. While both anterior and velar closure are maintained, the body of the tongue moves down, creating suction.
F. Closure of the tongue blade against the alveolar ridge.
G. Closure of the glottis.
H. Closed glottis is raised.
I. Little change in the pressure of the air in the oral tract.
J. Velar closure is released.
K. Tongue blade is lowered, releasing compressed pharynx air.
L. Alveolar closure is released.