Affricativization
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Affricativization is a noun meaning (linguistics) The process of making affricative.
Meaning
(linguistics) The process of making affricative.
Example Sentences
Palatalization and affricativization processes are reported for KU ( Franchetto 1995 ).
First, /t/ and /d/, when followed by /y/, were subject to affricativization, as in (58; Pardess 1990: 106).
In the second half of the paper I extend the hierarchy in order to explain cases of lengthening and affricativization of obstruents in the environment of non-obstruent non-syllabics.
Synonyms for affricativization
Depending on context, synonyms include affrication, affricatization.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deaffrication, fricatization, affricate, fricative, inflector, francization.
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