Affrication (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("affrication" is a kind of...):
articulation (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)