Experiencing Obstructed Flow

Module Four , Experiencing Obstructed Flow , is about experiencing the type of flow, either pulmonic or non-pulmonic, that is obstructed flow. Obstruction is defined as bringing vocal tract surfaces into closer or full contact with each other. The KTS Term of Art for what would typically be called a consonant is an “obstruent.” The teaching philosophy behind these playful yet descriptive terms is to expand the expressive territory of what a consonant is for any given speaker of a language. An obstruent has three ingredients: type of flow, location in the vocal tract, and type of action. Readers explore all the ways in which one can obstruct the flow. The module culminates in combining phthongs and obstruents with meaning for the first of three playful “languages” of this text. This first language is called “Outlandish.”