Building American English - Pronunciation

When developing American English, it is important for some to take an inventory of the sounds that can be made. when I was young, this never done because ultimately I learned to see "three" instead of "free" or my daughter who learned to say "pizza" instead of "pita" or my son who learend to say "blockbuster" instead of Blockbushter"

Years ago, I took an inventory of a boy who had many sound deficits- too many for his age. And now, I have a son who has autism who does not repeat every sound given to him.

American English has 42 sounds (A Scottish version has the glottal stop "bottle - bah ul and the palatal fricative "gh" like Lough Ness Monster.)

Below is a website that not only identifies the sounds but catagizes them.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

I. The critical importance of this is developing a training program after the sound inventory.

1. For Example, lets say my son says, "DAD."

The analysis of this letter is that

a. it is a stop - A stop is a consonant characterized by: (1) complete obstruction of the ongoing airstream by the articulators; (2) a build up of intraaoral pressure; and (3) release.

b. Its place is linqua-alveolar which refers to a consonant produced with the tongue contacting the upper alveolar ridge.

c. It is a voiced sound which is produced with vibration of the adducted vocal folds in the larynx.

2. Second example, let's say my son say "POP"

The analysis of this letter is that

a. it is a stop - A stop is a consonant characterized by: (1) complete obstruction of the ongoing airstream by the articulators; (2) a build up of intraaoral pressure; and (3) release.

b. Its place is bilabial which refers to a speach sound, such as "b" produced by contact of the upper and lower lips.

c. It is a voiceless sound which is produced with without vibration of the adducted vocal folds in the larynx.

II. Strategy for developing new sounds.

1. Take an inventory of manner, place and voice

a. Both are stops

b. There are two different locations: linqua-alveolar and bilabial

c. There is a voiced and unvoiced consonant

2. Select consonants with shared characteristics.

a. The "t" is an obvious selection since we know that there is capability for
voiced and unvoiced, so we recommend that the "voiced" "d" is supplemented
with the "unvoiced" "t"
NOTE: I am working on this one, since I am not hearing it much

b. The "b" is an obvious selection since since we know that there is
capability for voiced and unvoiced, so we recommend that
the "unvoiced" "p" is supplemented with the "voiced" "b"
NOTE: I used to hear Bah regularly, but not much lately. But it proves the
point that the Bah sound could be predicted and developed.

TO BE CONTINUED