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Definition of Fricatives
1. fricative [n] - See also: fricative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fricatives
Literary usage of Fricatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"Voiced consonants in German and English are lenes. § 55. fricatives or ...
the expiration is but partially obstructed in the mouth we call fricatives or ..."
2. Phonetics of the New High German Language by Arwid Johannson (1906)
"With the alveolar fricatives z and s, z and s the Alveolar narrow passage is
formed by the front part of the Fig. xii, xin. tongue and the alveoli of the ..."
3. The Pronunciation of English by Foreigners: A Course of Lectures to the by George James Burch (1911)
"THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SPEECH : fricatives. WE now pass to the discussion of the
fricatives, or sounds produced by the passage of the breath through a ..."
4. Aid to French Pronunciation: With Numerous Drawings and Exercises, for Use by Edmund Tilly (1920)
"... after E. It is not a bad mistake to say nj instead of ji. Many Frenchmen
pronounce it that way. fricatives § 42. /= f, ff, Ph Same as in English "five. ..."
5. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"The problem remained, as in the case of the fricatives, whether in completely
... The parallel sets of allophones for the fricatives and the trills may be ..."
6. The School World (1907)
"Beginning with w, go through the fricatives already learnt, ... Proceed as in
the treatment of other fricatives, taking (i) the tongue position, ..."
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