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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Pronunciation [dƷ] vs [Ʒ]

After I found the sound of (the phonetic signs) [d?] and [?] are different, I have had a hard time distinguishing the difference between the two.

I know both are voiced sound and d? is simply d + ?

One more thing is ? is voiced form of ?. (If wrong, correct me please)

Although I know those feathers of d? and ?, it's very hard to pronounce them distinctively.

? is especially difficult as in words like vision, television, pleasure.

Can anyone help me to know or pronounce them clearer?
  

Top answer

'Feathers'? Well, for one thing, we are incapable of extending the sound d? , while ?

  • 'Feathers'?
  • Well, for one thing, we are incapable of extending the sound d?
  • , while ?
  • n.
  • It is good to practice it like that.
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'Feathers'?

Well, for one thing, we are incapable of extending the sound d? , while ? can be extended as long as your breath holds out: that is, you can pronounce 'vision' as vi??????n. It is good to practice it like that.
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Thank you for your answer^^

It's still difficult but I will remember that.

So, If d? can be extending like ? in vision vi??????ion, it is not d? sound anymore? (because it cannot be extended?)

Then, is d? not d+? two sounds? ( because only ? can be extended..)
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So, If d? can be extending like ? in vision vi??????ion, it is not d? sound anymore? (because it cannot be extended?)-- That's right.

Then, is d? not d+? two sounds? ( because only ? can be extended..)-- That's right, as far as the practical physical production is concerned. I am not at all a speech physiologist, however. I am just telling you what I use to teach my students

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