Fricatives

speech sounds

1. Title: Fricatives

1. Fricatives
 /s, z, f, v, h/
 /?, ? , ?, ? /
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 Which are voice?
 Which are anterior?
 Which are continuant?
 Which are coronal?

2. /s, z, f, v, h, ?, ?, ?, ?/distinctive features
 Which are voice?
 Which are anterior?
 Which are continuant?
 Which are coronal?
 Which are strident?
 Which are rounded?
 Which are low?

3. /s, z, f, v, h, ?, ?, ?, ?/placement
 Which are alveolar?
 Which are palatal?
 Which are interdental?

2.  Which are glottal?
 Which are labiodental?

4. Fricatives
 What is a voiceless labiodental fricative?
 What is a voiced interdental fricative?
 What is a voiced alveolar fricative?
 What is a voiceless palatal fricative?
 What is a voiceless glottal fricative?

5. Distinctive Feature analysis
 -Vocalic -Rounded
 Consonantal -Distributed
 -Sonorant -Nasal
 -Coronal -Lateral
 -Anterior Continuant
 -High -Tense
 Low -Voiced
 -Back -Strident

6. Distinctive Feature analysis
 -Vocalic -Rounded
 Consonantal -Distributed
 -Sonorant -Nasal

3.  Coronal -Lateral
 Anterior Continuant
 High -Tense
 -Low Voiced
 -Back Strident

7. Phonological processes affecting fricatives
 Weak syllable deletion tennis?
 Final consonant deletion bath?
 Initial consonant deletion horse?
 Cluster reduction stuck?
 Stopping vacuum?
 Assimilation
 Regressive assimilation of stop sick?
 Progressive assimilation of labial bun?

8. /f/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 4.0
 Initial, medial and final positions at 3.0
 Description
 Voiceless labiodental fricative
 Frequency of occurrence
 15/24 of consonants

4. 9. Distinctive features
 Vocalic Rounded
 Consonantal Distributed
 Sonorant Nasal
 Coronal Lateral
 Anterior Continuant
 High Tense
 Low Voiced
 Back Strident

10. /v/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 8.0
 Initial 6.0, medial 4.0, and final position at
6.0
 Description
 Voiced labiodental fricative
 Frequency of occurrence
 14/24 of consonants

11. /T/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 7.0
 Initial, medial and final at 6.0

5.  Description
 Voiceless interdental fricative
 theta
 Frequency of occurrence
 20/24 of consonants

12. Distinctive Feature
 -Vocalic -Rounded
 Consonantal -Distributed
 -Sonorant -Nasal
 Coronal -Lateral
 Anterior Continuant
 -High Tense
 -Low -Voiced
 -Back -Strident

13. /D/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 8.0
 Initial at 6.0, medial and final at 7.0
 Description
 Voiced interdental fricative
 eth
 Frequency of occurrence
 9/24 of consonants

6. 14. /s/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 8.0
 Initial at 4.0, medial at 3.6 and final at 4.6
 Description
 Voiceless alveolar fricative
 Frequency of occurrence
 5/24 of consonants

15. /z/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 8.0
 Initial at 7.0, medial at 3.6 and final at 7.0
 Description
 Voiced alveolar fricative
 Frequency of occurrence
 7/24 of consonants

16. Distinctive Features
 -Vocalic -Rounded
 Consonantal -Distributed
 -Sonorant -Nasal
 Coronal -Lateral
 Anterior Continuant

7.  High -Tense
 -Low Voiced
 -Back Strident

17. /S/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 7.0
 Initial at 4.0, medial at 4.6 and final at 4.0
 Description
 Voiceless palatal fricative
 esh
 Frequency of occurrence
 21/24 of consonants

18. Distinctive Features
 -Vocalic -Rounded
 Consonantal Distributed
 -Sonorant -Nasal
 Coronal -Lateral
 -Anterior Continuant
 High Tense
 -Low -Voiced
 -Back Strident

19. /Z/

8.  Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 8.6
 Initial and medial at 7.0 final at 7.0
 Description
 Voiced palatal fricative
 /EZ/
 Frequency of occurrence
 24/24 of consonants

20. /h/
 Developmental data
 90 mastery at age 3.0
 Initial and medial at 3.0
 Description
 Voiceless glottal fricative
 Frequency of occurrence
 13/24 of consonants

21. Distinctive Features
 -Vocalic -Rounded
 Consonantal -Distributed
 -Sonorant -Nasal
 -Coronal -Lateral
 -Anterior Continuant
 -High -Tense

9.  Low -Voiced
 -Back -Strident
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