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Things fricative often describes ("fricative ________")
- segments
- weakening
- stop
- series
- approach
- energy
- velar
- articulation
- pronunciation
- discrimination
- phoneme
- spectrum
- production
- figure
- realization
- combinations
- variant
- stage
- productions
- element
- deletion
- consonants
- portion
- allophones
- acquisition
- allophone
- substitutions
- spectra
- sounds
- quality
- feature
- sets
- approximant
- articulations
- perception
- component
- phonemes
- excitation
- sequence
- trill
- substitution
- assimilation
- devoicing
- continuant
- constriction
- voiceless
- variants
- contrast
- type
- noise
- sound
- character
- stricture
- identification
- sequences
- counterpart
- phase
- duration
- distinction
- errors
- noises
- pairs
- initials
- segment
- contrasts
- release
- consonant
- region
- laterals
- clusters
- fill
- voicing
How fricative often is described ("________ fricative")
- groove
- dorsal
- lateral
- glottal
- laryngeal
- retroflex
- sonant
- nasal
- infant
- postdental
- labiodental
- surd
- prepalatal
- intervocalic
- interdental
- emphatic
- velar
- corresponding
- voiced
- consonant
- initial
- cognate
- ejective
- bilabial
- ambiguous
- apical
- strident
- labial
- sibilant
- homorganic
- palatalized
- oral
- coronal
- continuant
- palatal
- pharyngal
- guttural
- grooved
- alveolar
- dental
- nonstandard
- ingressive
- pharyngeal
- back
- posterior
- unvoiced
- medial
- weak
- laminal
- uvular
- final
- syllabic
- alveopalatal
- lax
- voiceless
