Chapter 5.- English Plosives

         English plosives consonants sound are six. Three of them are fortis (/p/,/t/,/k/), the others are lenis (/b/,/d/,/g/).  But fortis and lenis distinctions are complicate because of the articulators, but the only difference is that fortis consonants have higher air pressure in the vocal tract. The plosives have different places of articulation as bilabial, alveolar and velar, and occur at the initial position (CV), medial position (VCV), and final position (VC). Bilabial as in the word paper lips are pressed together. Alveolar as in the word deodorant, the tongue blade is pressed against the alveolar ridge. Velar as in the word google, the back of the tongue is pressed against the area where the hard palate ends and the soft palate begins.