The Approximants

2. Name: Syed ZulfiQar Ali
Roll no: 051 Bs(Eng)-18
Topic of presentation: j and w Approximants sound .

3.  When j=(y) and w sound comes at the
beginning is called semi-vowel
 For e.g yet, and wet
 When these sound comes at beginning of the
word time duration will be long
 They are phonologically like consonant
 Phonologically= from the view of phonology
through the study of speech sound
 Or they are phonetically like vowel
 Phonetically= according to rule of phonetics

4.  J=y sound is known as palatal sound
 W sound is known as bilabiale sound
 Both sounds are glide because tongue is
move when we articulate or produce both
sounds
 j=y
 Palatal sound which means that you from a
narrow space in the middle of your mouth
with your tongue when we articulate the
sound j through mouth is voiced which
means our vocal chord is vibrate

5.  When we produce soundj raise roof of your mouth
and voiced out through your mouth while lowering
the back of your tongue the middle and the front part
of your tongue should be touch the roof of your
mouth and then voiced outward and drop your
tongue away the roof of your mouth the air flow out
through the centre between the side of your tongue.
 How to jy phoneme is spelled?
 j spelled can also be spelled with i
 E.g view
 When we produce word view i sound is smiller to
y
 (vju:)

6.  When we transcribe the Sound u in u
sound y sound comes like ju:
 E.g During= dʊrɪŋ, ˈdyʊr-/
 Argue= a:gyu
 Example of j sound at the beginning
 Unit= ju:nIt
 yard=ja:d
 Young=j^ŋ

7.  At middle position
 When j sound comes at the middle of the
word like….
 Community= kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ/
 Beautiful= /ˈbyutəfəl/
 W sound
 w sound is also voiced
 Vibration occur in vocal chord
 Position= labiovelar

8.  Position of lips are round and form a narrow
space at the back of your mouth with tongue.
 Eg watch =/wɑtʃ/
 What =wʌt, wɑt
 Work=/wɜrk/
 But it also be part of sound made by latter (q-
u) k.w
 Question=/ˈkwɛstʃən/ .