| Lemma | affricate |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hockett (1958) |
| Titolo | A Course in Modern Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | articulator (inglese) spirant (inglese) stop (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | A special way of passing from a stop closure to a following sound or silence involves a single motion of the articulator, which leaves the position of complete closure slowly enough that a considerable amount of spirantal friction or turbulence is audible. […] Such sounds are called ‘affricates’. |