Phonetics and Phonology
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Write an essay of (1,400) words (excluding the bibliography) on the following topic:
It is difficult to classify some speech sounds or groups of sounds into one manner of articulation category (i.e. complete closure, close approximation, open approximation). For example, speech sounds may fit into more than one.
In this essay explain why the classification of the following groups of sounds into one manner of articulation category is not straight forward.
a. Affricates
b. Laterals