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WAEC Lexis, Structure & Oral English Stress Patterns (Paper 1 & 3) 📚

SSS 1 - 3

Phonology and Structural Concord•Module 1 • Lesson 1•Est. 25 mins

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Oral English: Consonant Contrasts (/θ/ vs /ð/)

### The Dental Fricatives: Both sounds are spelled with "th", but produced differently: * **/θ/ (Voiceless Dental Fricative)**: No vocal cord vibration. * *Examples*: **th**ink, **th**in, pa**th**, ba**th**, brea**th**, **th**eory. * **/ð/ (Voiced Dental Fricative)**: Vocal cords vibrate. * *Examples*: **th**is, **th**at, mo**th**er, fa**th**er, clo**th**e, brea**the**. WAEC regularly tests minimal pairs such as *breath* (/breθ/ noun) vs *breathe* (/bri:ð/ verb).
Core Takeaway: /θ/ is voiceless as in think; /ð/ is voiced as in this and father.
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