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==External Links==
 
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*http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Fricatives
 
*http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/gordon/fricativeacoustics.pdf
 
*http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/gordon/fricativeacoustics.pdf
 
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Revision as of 06:28, 14 June 2012

A fricative is a consonant produced by having a very narrow opening for air to escape through, causing the friction noise.

  • fricative sounds in English are [f,v,s,z,ʒ,ʃ,θ,ð].
  • fricative sounds in Gaelic are [f,v,s,ʃ,ç,ʝ,x,ɣ].

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External Links

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References

  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.