Phonetics and Phonology (ENG)
VU by a fricative with the same place of articulation (e.g., t and d sounds at the beginning and end of the English words church and judge. It is often difficult to decide whether any particular combination of a plosive plus a fricative should be classed as a single affricate sound
or as two separate sounds, and the question depends on whether these are to be regarded as separate phonemes or not.
It is usual to regard t, d as affricate phonemes in English (usually symbolized č, ǰ by American writers.
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