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An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis of Codas in Brazilian Portuguese
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Goodin-Mayeda, C. Elizabeth – Hispania, 2015
Brazilian Portuguese allows only /s, N, l, r/ syllable finally, and of these, only /s/ is realized faithfully (as well as /r/ for some speakers). In order to avoid unacceptable codas, dialects of Brazilian Portuguese employ such strategies as epenthesis, nasal absorption, debucalization, and gliding. The current analysis argues that codas in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portuguese, Syllables, Dialects
The Role of Context to Guarantee the Optimization of Linguistic Communication.
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Scliar-Cabral, Leonor; And Others – 1990
This study investigated the relative ability of literate (n=24), semi-literate (n=45), and non-literate (n=21) adults to erase the initial consonant or vowel from non-words and pronounce the remaining phonemes. It was hypothesized that difficulty in removing the initial consonant from the vowel with which it coarticulates is due not only to…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Error Patterns