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Voiced Labial–Velar Approximants: The Phonetics of the 'W' Sound

Voiced Labial–Velar Approximants: The Phonetics of the 'W' Sound In the study of linguistics, few sounds are as ubiquitous yet complex as the voiced labial–velar approximant. Most English...

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Semivowels: The Bridge Between Vowels and Consonants

Semivowels: The Bridge Between Vowels and Consonants In the study of phonetics and phonology, there exists a unique class of sounds that blur the line between vowels and consonants. Known...

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