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IMPLICATIONAL LAWS, What are they?, Why some sounds are more common than…
IMPLICATIONAL LAWS
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Because to avoid being misunderstood, speakers may avoid words with difficult sounds (resulting in limited usage).
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In addition, sounds that are difficult to produce are not likely to be mastered by children before easier sounds are (acquisition of sounds).
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And the acquisition of a less common sound implies that the more common counterpart has already been acquired (sound inventories).
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The more common sounds are like an easier version of producing sounds than the less common speech sounds.
Therefore, speech sounds that are more difficult to produce can create misunderstandings for the listener if there are small mistakes or hesitation.
Alveolar fricatives (/s/, /z/) are more common than pharyngeal fricatives ([ħ] and [ʕ], the “throaty” sounds used in Arabic) because the tip of the tongue is more agile than the back of the tongue; hence alveolar consonants are easier to produce than pharyngeal ones.
Alveolar
Pharyngeal
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