The Classification of English an Russian Foreiingual Consonants According to the Position of the Tip of the Tongue

 

Apical	Dorsal	Cacuminal
English	Russian	English	Russian	English	Russian
t.d s, z e.a /.3 «.if n	л V ш, ж ш'		т. А т'.А' с, з C 3' 4* Ц H H*	r	P P*

Post-alveolar consonants or post-alveolars are made when the tip or the blade of the tongue is against the back part of the teeth ridge or just behind it: the English [rj: the Russian [p. p'). .

Palato-alveolar consonants or palato-alveolars are made with the tip or the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge and the front part of the tongue raised towards the hard palate, thus having two places of articulation or foci (front sec­ondary focus); both narrowings are flat: the English jtf, <&, J, 3]; the Russian [ш, ffi', ж, ч'].

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