Fricatives and Affricates? O Fricatives are made by partially blocking the airflow, thus causing the friction-like noise characteristic of these sounds. O Affricates are rather complex consonants. They begin as plosives and end as fricatives.
Aug 04, 2015
Fricatives and Affricates?
O Fricatives are made by partially blocking the airflow, thus causing the friction-like noise characteristic of these sounds.
O Affricates are rather complex consonants. They begin as plosives and end as fricatives.
/h/O The glottal /h/ is presented in a
separate article since there are many things to be discussed related to it.
Examples : head,ahead,playhouse