General characteristics of English consonants CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................3 CHAPTER I ARTICULATORY AND PHONOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ENGLISH CONSONANT SOUNDS 1.1General characteristics of English consonants.......................................5 1.2Articulatory and phonological analyses of consonants.........................13 CHAPTER II.THE ROLE OF CONSONANT SOUNDS IN ENGLISH PHONETICS 2.1 The manner of articulation.....................................................................17 2.2.Modification of English consonants in connected speech..................24 CONCLUSION.................................................................................................36 REFERENCES.................................................................................................38 INTERNET RESOURCES................................................................................39