Concerning vowels and consonants
Speech consists of syllables, spoken one
after another.
As the eminent phonetician Jack Windsor Lewis stated: “Every syllable must have a vowel or syllabic consonant.”
In this document, syllabic consonants are referred to as “dark consonants”. An example is the “and” in “rock ‘n roll”. Here the vowel is reduced to almost nothing.
Basically, a vowel is an autonomous sound that can be pronounced alone and a consonant is an auxiliary sound that can go with a vowel, before or after.
Vowels and consonants can be used singly or in groups.
Teach Spoken English
Teach Spoken English
As the eminent phonetician Jack Windsor Lewis stated: “Every syllable must have a vowel or syllabic consonant.”
In this document, syllabic consonants are referred to as “dark consonants”. An example is the “and” in “rock ‘n roll”. Here the vowel is reduced to almost nothing.
Basically, a vowel is an autonomous sound that can be pronounced alone and a consonant is an auxiliary sound that can go with a vowel, before or after.
Vowels and consonants can be used singly or in groups.