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====Liquid Elision==== | ====Liquid Elision==== | ||
If coda /l/ or /r/ occur after /u/ or /i/ respectively then the /l/ and /r/ will be elided. We thus have the example of the word ''language'' '''ɷʌυ''' which has the root MRL. Without elision the syllabification gives /ʹmir.la/, but the /r/ follows /i/ and is in coda position, so the pronunciation is [ʹmi.ɫɐ]. Similarly the word for ''four'' is '''oυɾ''' which will syllabify prior to elision as /ʹpul. | If coda /l/ or /r/ occur after /u/ or /i/ respectively then the /l/ and /r/ will be elided. We thus have the example of the word ''language'' '''ɷʌυ''' which has the root MRL. Without elision the syllabification gives /ʹmir.la/, but the /r/ follows /i/ and is in coda position, so the pronunciation is [ʹmi.ɫɐ]. Similarly the word for ''four'' is '''oυɾ''' which will syllabify prior to elision as /ʹpul.ta/ but with elision (and voicing of /t/) it surfaces as [ʹpu.dɐ]. | ||
====Degemination==== | ====Degemination==== | ||