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| − | + | these are types of sounds which are made with a lot of muscle movement and forced breath. These types of sounds are usually voiceless. The term tense, when used in reference tense vs.lax, means the same thing as well. In English “p”, “t”, “f”, and “s” are some examples of fortis consonants. | |
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Crystal, David (2008). A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics Sixth Edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | Crystal, David (2008). A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics Sixth Edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||
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| + | Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997. | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Phonetics]] | [[Category: Phonetics]] | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 14 November 2009
these are types of sounds which are made with a lot of muscle movement and forced breath. These types of sounds are usually voiceless. The term tense, when used in reference tense vs.lax, means the same thing as well. In English “p”, “t”, “f”, and “s” are some examples of fortis consonants.
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Crystal, David (2008). A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics Sixth Edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
