English and Portuguese consonant clusters: contrasts and challenges

ABSTRACT Consonant clusters occur both in Portuguese and English. However, clusters are more productive in English than in Portuguese and there are sequences which are only found in English.This study focuses on the contrasts between American English and Brazilian Portuguese consonant clusters and o...

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Main Author: Sandra Madureira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2020-07-01
Series:DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502020000200406&tlng=en