Apparently there is a specific word to describe the combination of "S" and "H" as well as "C" and "H". Does anybody know what this word is???
2007-03-11 21:08:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
sh and ch are both affricates and fricatives. They both have a single phonetic representations which ive put the link below
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/vowels/chapter6/soundsvowels.html
2007-03-11 23:31:17 · answer #1 · answered by laydeeheartless 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Digraph - a group of two letters used to represent a single sound. There are plenty in English - 'th' is perhaps the most common.
There are also trigraphs with three letters - like the 'sch' in schedule, or the 'eau' in beautiful.
You can even go to tetragraphs - 'ough'.
2007-03-12 16:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In linguistics and the Iternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) SH/CH are called "affricates/affricatives" - because they are made with obstructed friction and they are a combination of two sounds pronounced as one.
2007-03-12 04:47:49 · answer #3 · answered by Just Me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The combination of two consonants sounded together is a consonant blend, or consonant digraph. They represent a phoneme, which is the smallest contestive unit of sound.
2007-03-12 05:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by jemima 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sibilant is a "hissing" sound, which includes the "sh" sound. There's also a fricative, which involves forcing air through a passage, and is more like "th". I don't know a lot about it, but this might help http://www.thefreedictionary.com/plosive+speech+sound
2007-03-12 04:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word you're looking for is DIGRAPH - two successive letters, used to represent a single sound.
The sh sound is NOT two separate sounds (s-sound followed by h-sound); it is a single sound. Same with:
-- the sound we represent with ch;
-- the one we represent with ph (the f-sound, as in "phone")
-- the one we represent with ng,
-- the two we represent with th (one of them as in "that", and the other as in "thin").
These are examples of digraphs used to represent consonant sounds. Other digraphs can be used to represent vowel sounds; for example, the ea in "beat".
2007-03-12 10:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by K ; 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Try this link
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/vowels/chapter6/soundsvowels.html
2007-03-17 15:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
short from for shush.
2007-03-12 04:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by oneblondepilgrim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
digraphs.
2007-03-18 22:58:17 · answer #9 · answered by ithinkiatetoomuch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FRE-SH WA-SH.
2007-03-19 15:04:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋