Department of Linguistics
PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
Airstream and Laryngeal Features in Speech Production
Airstream
| Source of Power | Direction of Airflow |
| pulmonic (lung action) | egressive |
| glottalic (larynx action) | egressive or ingressive |
| velaric (tongue action) | ingressive |
- Pulmonic Airstream
- Ejective Airstream
- Implosive Airstream
- Velaric Airstream: Oral Click
- Velaric Airstream: Nasal Click
For an overview of the IPA symbols for pulmonic, glottalic and velaric consonants, see:-
Laryngeal Settings
Reading
Ladefoged, Chapter 6
Clark and Yallop, Chapters 2 (2.5 & 2.6), 6 (6.5 & 6.6)
During the lecture (for internal-mode offerings of this course) a number of overheads are displayed and the lecture is a commentary based upon the content of each of the slides. Apart from some slides produced locally, the actual slides cannot be displayed here because of copyright. Equivalent diagrams can be found in the text and the two books on the recommended reading list. For this lecture, most relevant diagrams are found in Ladefoged or Clark and Yallop. Included in the lecture overheads were the following diagrams from Clark and Yallop (2nd. edn.):- Figures 6.5.1, 6.5.3, 6.5.8 and 6.6.3.