Gemination and degemination in English affixation : Investigating the interplay between morphology, phonology and phonetics

In English, phonological double consonants only occur across morphological boundaries, for example, in affixation (e.g. in unnatural, innumerous). There are two possibilities for the phonetic realization of these morphological geminates: Either the phonological double is realized with a longer durat...

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Main Author: Ben Hedia, Sonia (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Berlin Language Science Press 20190730
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