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11. Fricatives and affricates
11.2 Fricatives and Place of Articulation

11.2 Fricatives and Place of Articulation

We will look at the place of articulation of labio-dental, alveolar and palato-alveolar, and dental fricatives respectively.

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11.1 Fricatives and Voice
11.1.1 AN Fricatives and Voice
11.1.2 Grooved and Slit Fricatives
11.1.3 Lenis Fricatives: Final Devoicing
11.2 Fricatives and Place of Articulation
11.2.1 Labio-Dental Fricatives: /f,v/
11.2.2 Alveolar and Palato-Alveolar Fricatives: /s,z,ʃ,ʒ/
11.2.3 Dental Fricatives: /θ, ð/
11.2.4 TH-Fronting
11.2.5 TH-Stopping
11.2.6 Dental /t,d,n,l/
11.2.7 /θ,ð/ and Other Fricatives
11.3 The Glottal Fricative: /h/
11.4 Affricates
11.4.1 Affricates and Voice
11.4.2 Affricates and Place of Articulation
11.4.3 Post-Alveolar Affricates: /tr,dr/