Voiceless postalveolar affricates
The term voiceless postalveolar affricates is used in phonetics and generally in linguistics to denote the affricate [tʃ]. Its first component [t] is formed at the alveoli , the dental dam , the second [ʃ] a little behind the dental dam, hence the name postalveolar . The combination [tʃ] is produced voiceless, ie without vibration of the vocal cords . In contrast, the affricate [dʒ] in Loggia is voiced. In phonetics, the question of whether affricates are just one sound or a combination of sounds is answered differently depending on the theoretical background.
In English, which appears voiceless affricate postalveolar the initial sound of the words Czech , bye , in the medial position of coach , slide and in the final sound of gossip , mud . The voiceless postalveolar affricate occurs in German in all word positions; it is given in writing with the letter combination ch ; other spellings are used for words with a very clear foreign character.
literature
- Hadumod Bußmann : Lexicon of Linguistics. 3rd, updated and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002. ISBN 3-520-45203-0 (keyword "Affrikate").
- Max Mangold (arr.): Duden . Pronunciation dictionary . 6th, revised and updated edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005. ISBN 3-411-04066-1 (Affricates in German: p. 52).
- Helmut Glück (Ed.), With the collaboration of Friederike Schmöe : Metzler Lexikon Sprache. 3rd, revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-476-02056-8 (keyword "Affrikate").
- Heikki J. Hakkarainen: Phonetics of German . Fink, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-7705-3040-3 . On the affricade problem: pp. 84–86.
- Otmar Werner: Phonemics of German. Metzler, Stuttgart 1972. ISBN 3-476-10108-8 . Cape. "The Affricate Problem" pp. 50-55.