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

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.

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