pronounced [kʰæʔʃɪt̚] catch it /kæt͡ʃ.ɪt/ , pronounced [kʰæt͡ʃɪt̚] Here /t/ debuccalizes to glottal stop before /ʃ/ , making it phonetically distinct from /t͡ʃ/ . The acoustic difference between affricates and stop+fricative sequences is rate of amplitude increase of the frication noise, which is known as the rise time . Affricates have