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fricativeness
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(phonetics) The quality of being produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality, as the English…
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(phonetics) The quality of being produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality, as the English /f/ and /s/.
“For the former, the fricativeness of the breath is audible from the throat, through the oral configuration; for the latter, the breath-friction is audible only from the lip.”
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For the former, the fricativeness of the breath is audible from the throat, through the oral configuration; for the latter, the breath-friction is audible only from the lip.
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