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English Phonetics Quiz: /ʒ/ and /h/
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English Phonetics Quiz: /ʒ/ and /h/

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Which fricative is fairly rare generally?

  • Voiced Palato-alveolar affricate /dʒ/
  • Voiceless Palato-alveolar affricate /tʃ/
  • Voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ (correct)
  • Voiceless glottal fricative /h/
  • Where is the voiceless glottal fricative /h/ commonly found?

  • In the middle of words
  • At the beginning of words (correct)
  • In Old English
  • At the end of words
  • Why does the voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ tend to be replaced with /dʒ/ at the end of a word?

  • Historical reasons (correct)
  • Manner of articulation
  • Due to its rarity
  • Because of its French origin
  • What is the manner of articulation for an affricate?

    <p>/dʒ/ and /tʃ/ are sequences rather than distinct phonemes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    /m/ and /n/ appear in all three positions, but /ŋ/ does not appear at the beginning of words due to:

    <p>/ŋ/'s historical reasons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Fricatives

    • The voiced interdental fricative /ð/ is fairly rare generally.

    Voiceless Glottal Fricative /h/

    • The voiceless glottal fricative /h/ is commonly found in many languages, including English.

    Voiced Palato-alveolar Fricative /ʒ/

    • The voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ tends to be replaced with /dʒ/ at the end of a word due to the influence of English orthography.

    Affricates

    • The manner of articulation for an affricate is a combination of stop and fricative.

    Nasal Consonants

    • /m/ and /n/ appear in all three positions (initial, medial, and final) in words.
    • /ŋ/ does not appear at the beginning of words due to the historical sound change of Old English /ŋ/ shifting to /n/ before consonants.

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    Test your knowledge of English phonetics with this quiz on the voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ and the voiceless glottal fricative /h/. Explore their occurrences in word-initial and word-final positions, as well as their historical evolution from Old English to Modern English.

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