ABSTRACT
Affricates /t) d%/ English has two phoneme affricates, namely /t / and /dn/; see Section A5 (p. 44) for cross-section diagrams of /t dn/. A closure is formed between a large area of the tip, blade and the front of the tongue with the rear of the alveolar ridge and the front of the hard palate. The palato-alveolar closure is released relatively slowly, thus producing friction at the same place of articulation (i.e. homorganic). Like the palatoalveolar fricatives /t n/, these affricates are strongly labialised, with trumpet-shaped lip-rounding. Fortis /t / is energetically articulated (though without aspiration); lenis /dn/ is weaker and has potential voice.
