ABSTRACT

This book is a detailed examination of the phonetics and phonology of consonant strength, drawing data from parallel acoustic and articulatory studies of English and Spanish, as well as a cross linguistic survey of lenition and fortition.

chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|25 pages

Survey of Consonant Strength Alternations

chapter 5|47 pages

Results Patterning by Position

chapter 6|16 pages

Discussion and Conclusions