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V
V 22d letter of the alphabet (see U ). It is a usual symbol for a voiced labiodental spirant, as in the English v at. In Roman numerals it corresponds to Arabic 5. In chemistry V is the symbol of the element vanadium . ... Read more
F
F sixth letter of the alphabet . The Greek letter corresponding to it, digamma, which probably represented a sound like w, disappeared before the classical period. In Western alphabets f has usually represented the voiceless labiodental fricative, as in the English fast. In musical notation... Read more

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FRICATIVE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...through the gap. The /f/ in fee is made by bringing the active lower lip close to the passive upper front teeth, and is a labiodental fricative CONSONANT . The /f/ and /v/ in five are the same kind of fricative; the first voiceless, the second voiced...
V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition V 22d letter of the alphabet (see U ). It is a usual symbol for a voiced labiodental spirant, as in the English v at. In Roman numerals it corresponds to Arabic 5. In chemistry V is the symbol of the element vanadium .
Structuralism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...according to the presence or absence of certain distinctive features. English, for example, distinguishes the unvoiced labiodental fricative /f/ from its voiced equivalent /v/: “ Fat ” is a different word from “ vat...
F
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...represented a sound like w, disappeared before the classical period. In Western alphabets f has usually represented the voiceless labiodental fricative, as in the English fast. In musical notation F stands for a note in the scale. In chemistry F is the symbol...

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labiodental
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English la·bi·o·den·tal / ˌlābēōˈdentl / • adj. Phonet. (of a sound) made with the lips and teeth, for example f and v . • n. Phonet. a labiodental sound.
labio-
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English labio- / ˈlābēō / • comb. form of or relating to the lips: labiodental.

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Interview: Ken Olson discusses winning symbolic victory for labiodental flap
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday; 12/17/2005; ; 686 words ; ...discusses winning symbolic victory for labiodental flap Host: SCOTT SIMON Time: 12...very common sound. It's called the labiodental flap, and it appears in the Mongo words...Phonetic Association to finally give the labiodental flap its own letter in the official...
Francisco Varo and the sound system of early Qing Mandarin. (Dominican friar who conducted research on Chinese historical phonology)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...consonant of the syllable in which it occurs in Varo's spelling forms. 2. The Labial, Labiodental, and Dental Series. The following labials, labiodentals, and dentals occur in Varo's Guanhua: p [p] p[prime] [p'] m [m] f [f...
Seriously funny
Magazine article from: New Statesman; 6/2/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...whether the noun he misheard began with a bilabial plosive or a labiodental fricative. Lodge the writer still being Lodge the teacher...come with a mnemonic joke attached: " 'F' is called a labiodental fricative because you produce it by bringing your top teeth...
Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia, vol. 2: Ethnographic Texts.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...One can immediately spot the former by the interdental to labiodental change in words such as [theta]ala[theta]a, "three...lt; duhk (p. xxxviii). The interdental becoming a labiodental fricative is, typologically speaking, not a rare phenomenon...
Study findings from B.B. Carlo et al provide new insights into sleep apnea.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 10/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...describes a modified genioplasty in which excessive projection of the chin is avoided in OSAS patients with a sufficient labiodental fold and a normal chin." Carlo and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery...
The new Pwemier's accent seems to be heading south.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/28/2007; 700+ words ; ...modified noticeably over the years. He said speeches by Mr Brown in 1975 did not feature the w-sounding 'r' - known as labiodental - but it had appeared in words such as 'draft' and 'strive' in a speech after he was named the new Labour leader on May...
It's not what you say, it's how you say it.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 11/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...weeks, but what can't be taken away is his inability to pronounce the letter R . Or can it? The speech pattern, called a labiodental approximant, can be corrected through coaching. His bad manners and lack of judgment are another matter. Tony Blair shunned...
Mexico Channel / Llevan siglos de chiflar en la loma.(De Viaje)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 1/18/2004; 700+ words ; ...segunda y 500 la tercera. En cuanto a la tcnica empleada para silbar, Busnel seal que en los mazatecos es linguolabial y labiodental en esencia. Tambin encontr como variante el uso de una hoja de cafeto cortada en rectngulo y colocada sobre el labio inferior...
Some points I really must insist upon.(THE HOME FORUM)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 12/10/2004; 700+ words ; ...intense? A phonetician would describe it as the difference between the voiced ("v" sound) and unvoiced ("f" sound) labiodental fricative, but let's not go there, either. * This appears with links at: http:// weblogs.csmonitor.com/verbal...
The apicolabial shift in Nese.
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...is indeed the apicolabial stop b, but the most common reflex of *m is alveolar n, while with *p both apicolabial v and labiodental v occur with roughly equal frequency. This paper attempts to explain this variation, and also attempts to explain why...