In this study, the ability of 6-and 9-month old infants to discriminate between fricative consonants / f /-/ s / at unmodified, high, and low frequencies was tested . 96 infants were assigned evenly to one of three conditions : normal speech unmodified, normal speech at a lower frequency, and normal speech at a higher frequency.
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We all know that when it comes to language change, a mere running together of words, or elision, ain't nuthin'compared with an affricate, in which an explosive consonant ( like p, b, and t ) is followed by a fricative consonant ( like th and f ) to transform both into a whole new ball game.
