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fricative
[frik′ətiv]
a consonant speech sound such as an /f/ or /s/, made by forcing an airstream through a constricted opening.
fricative (frik´tiv),
n a speech sound made by forcing the airstream through such a narrow opening that audible high-frequency air currents or vibrations are set up.
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Consonants that carry much of the high-frequency information, for example, fricatives such as /s/ and /[?
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After describing the phonology of consonants in French and Latin loanwords, the chapter concentrates on quantitative changes, processes affecting syllable structure, elimination of consonant clusters different from those discussed earlier, changes in unaccented syllables, devoicing of word-final fricatives and loss of the semivowel [j] before [i].
Karl Luick's Historische Grammatik and medieval English consonant ... by Welna, Jerzy / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
You need a working knowledge of north Germanic phonology to even contemplate pronouncing their song titles, which arrive in a blaze of diacritics, ligatures and voiced dental fricatives.
Sigur Ros, Hvarf/Heim by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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