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affrication

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Noun1.affrication - the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
articulation - the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech


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According to Miller and Nicely (1961:174-175), when frequencies above 1000 cps are filtered out of the speech, the features of place of articulation and duration are effectively absent, leaving nasality, affrication, and voicing to do all the work.
Speech adaptation and situational optimality by Zhao, Zhiming / Academic Exchange Quarterly
Based on articulatory and spectrographic analyses, Haeri distinguished frication (weak palatalization) and affrication (strong palatalization) of dental stops /t, d, T, D, tt, dd/ next to palatal sounds.
The Sociolinguistic Market in Cairo: Gender, Class and Education by Hachimi, Atiqa / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
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