Fricatives

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Fricatives take place when...
The obstruction is big enough for the air to make a noise when it passes through it, because of the friction.
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The place of articulation of fricatives are...
All of them
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What is the similarity between phonemes that are difficult for Spanish speakers?
Voiced-Unvoiced
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The initial phoneme in THIRSTY is:
/θ/
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The initial phoneme in the word THEN is:
/ð/
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-ci, -sci, -si- , -ce (e.g. crustacean) are pronounced:
/ʃ/
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CONFUSION has the fricative ...
/ʒ/
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In the word DISSOLVE, -** is pronounced:
/z/
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/h/ dropping is very common in connected speech, but you cannot drop it...
In initial position.
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The place of articulation of fricatives are...

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What is the similarity between phonemes that are difficult for Spanish speakers?

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The initial phoneme in THIRSTY is:

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The initial phoneme in the word THEN is:

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