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fricative [1 record]

Record 1 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
  • Phonetics
DEF

Consonant ... produced by forcing the air stream through a passage which has been so narrowed that audible hissing, buzzing or scraping results.

OBS

While most linguists use FRICATIVE and SPIRANT as synonyms, Martinet distinguishes a fricative (friction of air clearly perceptible) from a spirant (friction not perceptible).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
  • Phonétique
DEF

[...] consonne dont la prononciation se caractérise par un frottement de l'air contre les dents ou les lèvres.

OBS

Pour plusieurs linguistes, les termes «fricative», «spirante» et «constrictive» sont synonymes. Par contre, A. Martinet désigne par «fricative» un type de consonne constrictive : celle dont la production s'accompagne sur le plan auditif d'un bruit de friction qui la différencie de la spirante pour laquelle seul un souffle est perçu. [Voir le Dictionnaire de la linguistique de G. Mounin, 1974, page 148].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lingüística (Generalidades)
  • Fonética
DEF

Dícese de los sonidos cuya articulación, permitiendo una salida continua de aire emitido, hace que este salga con cierta fricción o roce en los órganos bucales.

CONT

... los fricativos ... son sonidos continuos que no presentan cierre total del canal bucal.

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