^{PDFprof.com Search Engine}

Pronunciation of English Words with /th/ Sounds among Senior High

What are the different pronunciations of th in English?
In English, the digraph ⟨th⟩ represents in most cases one of two different phonemes: the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (as in this) and the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ (thing).
More rarely, it can stand for /t/ (Thailand, Thomas) or the cluster /tθ/ (eighth).
How common is the th sound in English?
The letters "TH" are used to represent the voiced and the voiceless dental fricatives (/ð/ and /θ/, respectively).
These phonemes are two of, while common in the English language, but are among the rarest phonemes globally.
Did Old English have the th sound?
Old English had two separate letters for the "th" sound.
The first is written like this: þ.
It is called thorn. ð and Ð (eth): Old English scribes could also represent the "th" sound with the letter ð (the capital letter version looks like a capital D with a short horizontal line: Ð).
The TH sound is in the words the, three, breath, and mother, and it is represented in the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) by these symbols: /θ/ for the voiceless TH sound, and /ð/ for the voiced TH sound (we'll talk about voicing a little later).

Pronunciation of English Words with /th/ Sounds among Senior High School Learners · PDF · Cite · Search. Export Autres questions

What are the different pronunciations of th in English?