Probabilistic underspecification in nasal place assimilation
According to many works on English phonology, word-final alveolar consonants – and only alveolar consonants – assimilate to following word-initial consonants, e.g. ran quickly → ra[ŋ] quickly. Some phonologists explain the readiness of alveolar consonants to assimilate (vs. the resistance of velar a...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2017
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