Arrange the following Manner of Articulation of the consonants of English in decreasing order of…
Ordered by decreasing degree of stricture (articulatory closure) in the vocal tract: C. Complete closure and sudden release (plosives) → D. Complete closure and slow release…
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Arrange the following Manner of Articulation of the consonants of English in decreasing order of stricture (degree of closure of the vocal tract):
A. Close Approximation
B. Intermittent closure
C. Complete closure and sudden release
D. Complete closure and slow release
E. Open Approximation
Answer and explanation
Correct answer B
Ordered by decreasing degree of stricture (articulatory closure) in the vocal tract: C. Complete closure and sudden release (plosives) → D. Complete closure and slow release (affricates) → A. Close approximation (fricatives) → E. Open approximation (approximants/vowels) → B. Intermittent closure (trills/taps), giving C, D, A, E, B.
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