Re: Initial /sp/ vs. /ps/ (Was: Comparison of philosophical languages)

Tim May writes:
 > James Landau writes:
 >  > >
 >  > > > I guess you're thinking of affricates when you say that.
 >  > >
 >  > > No.  /ps/ isn't an affricate.  /ts/ may be depending on the language.
 >  >
 >  >  The idea I originally had of an affricate (before someone on here
 >  > a month ago wanted to classify /kp/ or /ks/ or something as an
 >  > affricate, I forget who it was) was that it conficted of a dental
 >  > plosive followed by a sibilant.  That would give us /tS/ ("ch"),
 >  > /dZ/ ("j"), /ts/ or /tz/, and /dz/.
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 > The point about an affricate is that the stop and the fricative are
 > homorganic, that is, at the same position.  So [kx] and [pP] are
 > affricates, but [tx] and [ps] aren't.
 >

Correction: I meant [pp\] rather than [pP], apparently.