Contrastive Phonology

There are ten fricative sounds in Spanish and four fricative sounds in English.

• False

• True

Apico alveolar

• ·       The apex of the tongue touches or gets near the alveolar ridge as in /t//z/ /n/ and /l/

• ·       The dorsum or posterior dorsum of the tongue touches or comes close to the soft palate as in /k/ /g//x/.

Dorso velar

• ·       The dorsum or posterior dorsum of the tongue touches or comes close to the soft palate as in /k/ /g//x/.

• ·       The apex of the tongue touches or gets near the alveolar ridge as in /t//z/ /n/ and /l/

• ·       The posterior dorsum of the tongue approaches or touches the uvula.

The/s/ sound is…

• ·       Voiceless, apico alveolar, fricative

• ·       Voiced, apico alveolar, affricate

• ·       Voiceless, fronto palatal fricative

The/s/ sound is…

• ·       Voiceless, apico alveolar, fricative

• ·       Voiced, apico alveolar, affricate

• ·       Voiceless, fronto palatal fricative

The / ʒ / is…

• ·       Voiced, fronto palatal fricative

• ·       Voiceless, fronto palatal fricative

• ·       Voiced, apico alveolar, africate

The phonetic sound for photo is…

• ·       /ˈfoʊ.t̬oʊ/

• ·       /ˈfo.t̬oʊ/

• ·       /ˈfoʊ.t̬o/

The phonetic sound for alveolar:

• ·       /ælˈviː.ə.lɚ/

• ·       /alˈviː.ə.lɚ/

• ·       /ælˈviː.ə.lar/

The [ -θ ] sound in Spanish is

• ·       voiceless, apico interdental, fricative in final position

• ·       voiceless, apico interdental, fricative in middle position

• ·       voiceless, apico interdental, fricative in initial position

the word jengibre is written like

• ·       /xen'xiβɾe/

• ·       /hen'xiβɾe/

• ·       /xen'hiβɾe/