4 Chart of Distinctive Features
Sonorant consonants and glides: (-syllabic, +sonorant)Consonantal + + + +
Nasal ++++
Lateral - - - .-
Continuant - - - -
Distributed - - - +
Corona1 +++
Re troflex - - + -
Labial + - - -
Anterior ++- -
High - - +
Back - - - -
Strident - - - -Obstruents: (-syllabic, +consonantal, -sonorant)Nasal
Lateral
Continuant
Distributed
Coronal
Retroflex
Labial
Anterior
High
Back
Strident
Delayed
release
(afiicate)
* r is [-consonantal] in English but [+consonantal] in other languages.