LING 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Voiceless Palatal Fricative, Voiceless Velar Fricative, German Orthography
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German orthographic ch represents what is on the surface two different sounds: a voiceless velar fricative (at the soft palate)/x / 2: a voiceless palatal fricative (at the hard palate) / / The palatal fricative is further back than / /, with the friction created right on the roof of the mouth (at least some english speakers say this, or something similar, when saying english hue). Taks 1: listen to the following words from standardized german. Pay particular attention to the two types of fricatives represented by ch". Elch bux book l x hole l t light naxt night. This is a version of a problem set created by strang burton in 2011. At least some speakers pronounce this at the uvula, i. e. as / /, but standard descriptions of german give /x/; since the uvular/soft-palate difference is not distinctive in german, it may be at an intermediate position, or variable. We will assume /x/ for this problem. schlecht.
