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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 180
variants may be worthy of discussion. Let us assume that you just want to
explain these two. We will now expand heading 2 in (2), to say we need subsections
dealing with these two categories. We will get the new version in (3).
(3) 1. Introduction
2. Voicing
2.1 Voiced
2.2 Voiceless
3. Place
4. Manner
5. Conclusion
Section 3 will similarly be expanded to discuss the various places of articulation
from Bilabial through to Glottal, and section 4 will have manners such as
Plosive (or Stop) through to Approximant (or whatever label is preferred in
your institution). But you might decide that Approximants are better split into
two sub-subsections, one dealing with median approximants (such as [j] and
[w]), the other dealing with lateral approximants (such as [l] and [ʎ]). Having
made that decision, you might decide to subdivide the Fricative section in the
same way. You might end up with the pattern in (4).
(4) 1. Introduction
2. Voicing
2.1 Voiced
2.2 Voiceless
3. Place
3.1 Bilabial
3.2 Labio-dental
3.3 Dental
3.4 Alveolar
3.5 Post-alveolar
3.6 Retroflex
3.7 Palatal
3.8 Velar
3.9 Uvular
3.10 Pharyngeal
3.11 Glottal
4. Manner
4.1 Plosive (or Stop)
4.2 Fricative
4.2.1 Median
4.2.2 Lateral