Fricatives

By
Mohd Rashid
16-ETM-4
 Presentation Questions
• What is Fricatives and what are they?

• What is the stricture involved during the

articulation of fricatives?
 Fricatives Defined
• Sounds that are articulated with a stricture of
Close Approximation are called Fricatives.
 Continued…
Fricatives are consonants produced by air flowing
through a narrow channel made by placing two
articulators close together.
 English Fricatives
• 9 Fricatives in English sound system

Place Lavio- Dental Alveolar Palato- Glottal

denatal alveolar
manner

Fricatives V VL V VL V VL V VL V VL

f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h
 Examples..
• f fine, offer, off
• V Vast, invite, love
• θ thin, bathe
• ð that, southern, breath
• S Size, test, confess
• Z zip, is,
• ʃ Chef, initial, clash
• ʒ genre(in french), pleasure, garage(not in Englilsh)
• h hat, ahead, DNO
 References
• Images And Definitions:
• http
://facweb.furman.edu/~wrogers/phonemes/p
hono/fric.htm
• http://
www.english-for-students.com/The-Fricatives.
html
• Examples and Design:
• T.Balasubramaniam.’A text book of phonetics’