affricates

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Affricates: The Complex Intersection of Stops and Fricatives

Affricates: The Complex Intersection of Stops and Fricatives In the study of human speech, sounds are often categorized into distinct groups: stops, which involve a complete blockage of a...

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Obstruents: Understanding the Mechanics of Airflow in Speech

Obstruents: Understanding the Mechanics of Airflow in Speech In the study of phonetics—the branch of linguistics concerned with the physical production of speech sounds—one of the most fu...

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