%0 Journal Article
%T ONSET AFFRICATE-STOP CLUSTERS IN CROATIAN
%A Markovi£¿
%A Ivan
%J -
%D 2018
%R 10.21857/m8vqrtz569
%X Sa£¿etak It is explained why affricate-stop sequences should be included among acceptable Croatian syllable onsets. First, there are a few words with initial affricate-stop cluster (e.g. Cr. £¿komiti ¡®be silent, hold one¡¯s tongue¡¯), in which the fricative sound often alternates with the corresponding affricate sound (e.g. Cr. £¿bun ¡®bush¡¯ ¡ú d£¿bun). Second, there is the slang metathesis in which affricate-stop clusters become initial onsets (e.g. Cr. pi£¿ka ¡®cunt¡¯ ¡ú £¿kapi). Third, there is syllabification in chanting, at sport stadiums or in rock songs. If affricate sounds are more sonorous than stops, which is not beyond doubt, the onset affricate-stop cluster would be yet another case of violating the Sonority Sequencing Principle, beside the well-known case of the onset fricative-stop clusters (e.g. E. spoon, street, Cr. spor ¡®slow¡¯, strah ¡®fear¡¯)
%K syllable
%K sonority
%K Sonority Sequencing Principle
%K Sonority Hierarchy
%K affricates
%K Croatian language
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