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Assimilation to /r/ in English initial consonant clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2006

Herbert F. W. Stahlke
Herbert F. W. Stahlke
Affiliation:
Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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Abstract

THE RECENT Bulley-Davidson discussion of English initial consonant clusters (ET80, ET81, ET83) brings attention to the need for phonetic rigor and some phonological understanding when describing the sounds and sound patterns of English. Three topics the two writers deal with would benefit from such rigor: /tr/ and /dr/ clusters, the status and function of /j/ in initial clusters before /u/, and the role of syllable structure in the description of consonant clusters.

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Original Article
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English Today , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 57 - 58
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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