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deaffrication

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  • noun phonetics The reverse process of affrication; the process of turning an affricate into a plosive or a fricative.

Etymologies

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de- +‎ affrication

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  • Similarly loans such as "chamber", "champion", "chalice" don't have an initial affricate because of "mishearing" the French, but because of representing a loan before deaffrication or from a conservativ variety, or vice versa as in the last case.

    Edward Sapir and the Philistine headdress 2010

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