Lingüística Contrastiva /ʃ - ʒ/ sounds /x/ - /h/ sounds

1. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA, LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
PEDAGOGÍA DE LOS IDIOMAS NACIONALES Y EXTRANJEROS-INGLÉS
CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS
Topic:
/ʃ - ʒ/ sounds
/x/ - /h/ sounds
Full Name (s):
Andrea Nicole Mármol Zúñiga
Class:
Third Semester A

2. /ʃ - ʒ/ sounds
Features:
• Fronto-palatal, oral and fricative.
• Sibilants.
• These sounds use the same mouth position.
Difference:
/ʃ/ sound is voiceless /ʒ/ sound is voiced

3. /ʃ/ sound
Features:
• Voiceless.
• Most common spellings: sh, ssion, tion, sion
and ch.
• It occurs in initial, middle and final position.
Examples:
- ship /ʃɪp/ - tension /ˈtenʃ ən/
- mission /ˈmɪʃən/ - machine /məˈʃiːn/
- nation /ˈneɪʃən/
http://www.myenglishclub.com/profiles/blogs/
09-improve-your-pronunciation-study-
session-9-n

4. /ʒ/ sound
http://www.myenglishclub.com/profiles/blogs/
09-improve-your-pronunciation-study-
session-9-n
Features:
• Voiced.
• Most common spellings: s, ge, -sure.
• It occurs in middle and final position.
Examples:
- vision /ˈvɪʒən/
- beige /beɪʒ/
- treasure /ˈtreʒəɹ/
Note: Do not confuse with /dʒ/ sound.

5. /x/ sound
Features:
• This sound only occurs in Spanish language.
• It is voiceless and dorso-velar.
• Most common spellings in letters as: g and j.
Examples:
- gente /ˈxente/
- jirafa /xiˈɾafa/
Mejía, P. (2013). Contrastive Phonology. A
Descriptive Linguistics Course for
Spanish-English Teachers. Quito.
Classroom Publishing.
Note: English speakers sometimes
confuse it with /h/ English sound.

6. /h/ sound
Features:
• It is voiceless and glottal.
• It is spelled with letter h and wh.
• It occurs in initial and middle position.
http://educationcing.blogspot.com/2012/08/
sound-h-voiceless-glottal-fricative.html
Examples:
- how /haʊ/
- who /ˈhuː/