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I got two questions.
1. what's the difference between strident and sibilant in linguistics?are ther the same or different. In some books they appear with the same definiyion. While in others they appear differently. I am ...
2. "This is really a very simple game." & "This is a very reallysimple game."
which is correct???
from a EFL student
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I got two questions.
1. what's the difference between strident and sibilant in linguistics?are ther the same or different. In some books they appear with the same definiyion. While in others they appear differently. I am ...
2. "This is really a very simple game." & "This is a very reallysimple game."
which is correct???
from a EFL student
thanks for your answering...
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[nq:1]1. [/nq] Only an S-sound can be sibilant. Many sounds without S can be strident.
- [nq:1]1.
- [/nq] Only an S-sound can be sibilant.
- Many sounds without S can be strident.
- ) [nq:1]2.
- [/nq] The first case is idiomatic, and case 2 is not.
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[nq:1]1. what's the difference between strident and sibilant in linguistics?[/nq]
Only an S-sound can be sibilant.
Many sounds without S can be strident.
(NB: I was not aware linguistics had any
special uses for these terms.)
[nq:1]2. "This is really a very simple game." & "This is a very really simple game." which is correct???[/nq]
The first case is idiomatic, and case 2
Only an S-sound can be sibilant.
Many sounds without S can be strident.
(NB: I was not aware linguistics had any
special uses for these terms.)
[nq:1]2. "This is really a very simple game." & "This is a very really simple game." which is correct???[/nq]
The first case is idiomatic, and case 2
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[nq:2]1. what's the difference between strident and sibilant in linguistics?[/nq]
[nq:1]Only an S-sound can be sibilant. Many sounds without S can be strident. (NB: I was not aware linguistics had any special uses for these terms.)[/nq]
OED - strident:
b. Phonetics. Of the articulation of a consonantal sound: characterized by friction that is comparatively turbulent. Also as n., a cons
[nq:1]Only an S-sound can be sibilant. Many sounds without S can be strident. (NB: I was not aware linguistics had any special uses for these terms.)[/nq]
OED - strident:
b. Phonetics. Of the articulation of a consonantal sound: characterized by friction that is comparatively turbulent. Also as n., a cons
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