-ciate, -ciation, -tiate, -tiation. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

-ciate, -ciation, -tiate, -tiation


Pronunciation of the medial consonant clusters -ci- and -ti- differs in different words, especially when the -tion ending (sounds like shun) follows. Compare these pronunciations: appreciate: -ci- sounds like either she or see appreciation: -ci- sounds like either she or see associate: -ci- sounds like either she or see association: -ci- sounds like either she or see depreciate: -ci- sounds like she depreciation: -ci- sounds like she emaciate: -ci- sounds like she emaciation: -ci- sounds like either she or see enunciate: -ci- sounds like see enunciation: -ci- sounds like see negotiate: -ti- sound like she negotiation: -ti- sounds like either see or she pronunciation: -ci- sounds like see propitiate: -ti- sounds like she propitiation: -ti- sounds like either see or she vitiate: -ti- sounds like she vitiation: -ti- sounds like she	1