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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Why the rule has been not made yet about the voice of "g" and "c"
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What rule exactly are you referring to? Can you be more specific? Regards
- What rule exactly are you referring to?
- Can you be more specific?
- Regards
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What rule exactly are you referring to? Can you be more specific?
Regards
Regards
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There are two issues: (1) heuristics used in phonics (2) phonetics
g: /g/, /d?/
c: /k/, /s/
/k/ is voiceless, whereas its counterpart /g/ is voiced.
/s/ is voicelss; /d?/ is voiced.
Velar consonants get softened (or voiced) before front vowels esp in derived-words: cf. electric vs electricity
Given this background knowledge, what is your concern?
g: /g/, /d?/
c: /k/, /s/
/k/ is voiceless, whereas its counterpart /g/ is voiced.
/s/ is voicelss; /d?/ is voiced.
Velar consonants get softened (or voiced) before front vowels esp in derived-words: cf. electric vs electricity
Given this background knowledge, what is your concern?
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