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Peer reviewedGuy, Gregory R.; Boberg, Charles – Language Variation and Change, 1997
Notes that English coronal stop deletion is constrained by the preceding segment, so that stops and sibilants favor deletion more than liquids and nonsibilant fricatives. Suggests the existence of an attractive theoretical integration of categorical and variable processes in the grammar to account for the constraint. (26 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Grammar
