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 | | She goes on to say that in closed syllables, "the transition between the labiodentalized consonant and the final consonant is so close that one hardly hears the vowel and one is inclined to assume syllabic consonants" (p. |
 | | In these examples this may be due simply to an early cessation of voicing in (1b), however it is noteworthy that when asked to do several repetitions of the same word, for all speakers the location of the friction appeared to vary somewhat, and in some instances would disappear entirely. |
 | | There appears to be little reason, then, to add labiodentalized or palatalized consonants to the phonetic inventory of Len, claim this is precipitated by the high central unrounded vowel, and then subsequently have to argue that this feature spreads back to the vowel, or syllable nucleus. |
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