JDWright
New member
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2012
- Member Type
- Other
- Native Language
- English
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- United States
- Current Location
- United States
Hey all. Brand new here. Very glad that I found this forum. I'm pretty new to linguistics and phonetics. I can tell this place will be a valuable resource.
I am helping someone and they are having trouble with the /ʒ/ sound. He actually didn't even know the sound existed and instead had been subbing in /ʧ/. "Usual" becomes "Uchual" and "Massage" is "Massach". I told him the main differences are that /ʒ/ is voiced and the tongue won't touch the top of the mouth. Is that correct? He still really struggled. Is there anything else I can tell him to help him? Thank you.
I am helping someone and they are having trouble with the /ʒ/ sound. He actually didn't even know the sound existed and instead had been subbing in /ʧ/. "Usual" becomes "Uchual" and "Massage" is "Massach". I told him the main differences are that /ʒ/ is voiced and the tongue won't touch the top of the mouth. Is that correct? He still really struggled. Is there anything else I can tell him to help him? Thank you.