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Cluster reduction

In phonology and historical linguistics, cluster reduction is the simplification of consonant clusters in certain environments or over time. Cluster reduction can happen in different languages, dialects of those languages, in World Englishes, and as a part of language acquisition.

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Cluster reduction

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Edges42
Triples55
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
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Cluster reduction

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related to World languages · 18
Cluster reduction → Catalan, Certain, Cluster, Common, English, English-language, For, In, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, The, Therefore, They, Valencian, Victoria, Vittoria, Word-initial
related to Dialects of English · 13
Cluster reduction → AAVE, African American Vernacular English, Ben, Different, English, Germanic, However, In, New Zealand English, South Atlantic English, Swedish, That, The
related to World Englishes · 13
Cluster reduction → An, As, Chicano English, Cluster, Clusters, For, In Spanish, Nigerian English, Singapore English, Strategies, That, Unlike Singapore English, World Englishes
related to Language acquisition · 6
Cluster reduction → Clusters, English-speaking, Finally, Following, Fricative, In
is a · 3
Cluster reduction → most common phonological process used by Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children, result of a phonological rule, simplification of consonant clusters in certain environments or over time

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clusters cluster consonant reduction english reduced children common stop language may words example dialects acquisition fricative liquid glide reduce languages

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Cluster reductionis asimplification of consonant clusters in certain environments or over time0.90text
Cluster reductionis aresult of a phonological rule0.90text
Cluster reductionis amost common phonological process used by Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children0.90text
African American Vernacular Englishinstance ofIn some dialects of English0.80text
certain historical consonant clusters reduce to single consonants at the ends of wordsinstance ofIn some dialects of English0.80text
Cluster reductionrelated to Dialects of EnglishDifferent0.60section
Cluster reductionrelated to Dialects of EnglishEnglish0.60section
Cluster reductionrelated to Dialects of EnglishNew Zealand English0.60section
Cluster reductionrelated to Dialects of EnglishSouth Atlantic English0.60section
Cluster reductionrelated to Dialects of EnglishAfrican American Vernacular English0.60section
Cluster reductionrelated to Dialects of EnglishAAVE0.60section
Cluster reductionrelated to Dialects of EnglishIn0.60section

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