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The air chamber of our body that serves as

 resonators are:

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 ) a. the vestibule ʹ the first air chamber
Speaking starts with the movement of the located above the larynx
air out of the body through the process of b. the pharynx or the throat ʹ the second
exhalation. The air we inhale is compressed air chamber located at the inner end of the
for exhalation. The movement begins from mouth
the lungs, the place where the air c. the nasal cavities ʹ the chambers of the
eventually goes after inhalation. The air nose
then passes through a pair of bronchial d. the mouth ʹ a very important resonator
tubes, a pair of canals which are connected
to the lungs at one end to the windpipe or !
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the canal inside our neck. Muscles contract  
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and expand the space occupied by the The sound made loud by the resonators is
lungs. This compression is done with the aid carved out into intelligible sounds, the
of a membrane separating the lungs from vowels and consonants, by the modifiers or
the intestines. This membrane is called the articulators, those parts of the body that
diaphragm. form speech sound.
The modifiers or articulators are:
 a. lips ʹ enunciate the bilabial sounds p, b,
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  w, hw, and cooperate with the teeth in the f
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Ñhen the air hits the windpipe or the
trachea, it passes through the larynx or the
vocal box, situated somewhere in the upper
part of the windpipe. The larynx is known as
the vibrator. Inside the larynx are the vocal
folds, a pair of thin membranes which
vibrate when air passes through. The
vibration results in the production of the
initial sound of the voice. This is not the
actual sound of the voice. It is only the
beginning of the sound.

and v sounds
b. teeth ʹ are used for the s. Together with
the tongue, they articulate the soft and
hard ths.
c. tongue - is a key modifier. The tongue
shapes out the vowels and helps
consonants.
d. jaw - does not produce specific sounds
but it is an important modifier. If we do not
use our jaw, we tend to mumble. Ñe are
then said to be eating our words.
e. hard palate - the ceiling of the mouth
f. soft palate ʹ the cave-like extension of
the hard palate
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The initial sound is made loud and amplified
into our true voice by the air chambers in
our body called the resonators. Ñhen the
sound enters an air chamber, the sound