TABLE I.

Phonetic features of the 20 English consonants used in this study.

Consonant	Voicing	Manner of articulation (MOA)	Place of articulation (POA)	Binary POA
/b/	Voiced	Stop	Bilabial	Front
/ʧ/	Unvoiced	Affricative	Palatal	Back
/d/	Voiced	Stop	Alveolar	Back
/ð/	Voiced	Fricative	Dental	Front
/f/	Unvoiced	Fricative	Labiodental	Front
/g/	Voiced	Stop	Velar	Back
/ʤ/	Voiced	Affricative	Palatal	Back
/k/	Unvoiced	Stop	Velar	Back
/l/	Voiced	Liquid	Alveolar	Back
/m/	Voiced	Nasal	Bilabial	Front
/n/	Voiced	Nasal	Alveolar	Back
/p/	Unvoiced	Stop	Bilabial	Front
/r/	Voiced	Liquid	Palatal	Back
/s/	Unvoiced	Fricative	Alveolar	Back
/ʃ/	Unvoiced	Fricative	Palatal	Back
/t/	Unvoiced	Stop	Alveolar	Back
/θ/	Unvoiced	Fricative	Dental	Front
/v/	Voiced	Fricative	Labiodental	Front
/z/	Voiced	Fricative	Alveolar	Back
/ʒ/	Voiced	Fricative	Palatal	Back