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Phonological history of English consonant clusters

The phonological history of English includes various changes in the phonology of consonant clusters.

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Y-cluster reductions

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Final cluster reductions

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Alterations of clusters

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H-cluster reductions

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H-cluster reductions

Y-cluster reductions

Other initial cluster reductions

Final cluster reductions

Medial cluster reductions

Consonant insertions

Alterations of clusters

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Phonological history of English consonant clusters

Nodes153
Edges152
Triples26
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013072
Components1

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english words cluster also like consonant clusters yod-dropping sound may dialects example accents pronounced middle pronunciation reduced word speakers often

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
yeastinstance ofan initial /j/ does not appear in Welsh English before /iː/ in words0.80text
yield.Many varieties of English have extended yod-dropping to the following environments if the /j/ is in the same syllable as the preceding consonantinstance ofan initial /j/ does not appear in Welsh English before /iː/ in words0.80text
Norfolk dialect extend yod-dropping not only to the position after /t/instance ofyod-coalescence is now more common.Some East Anglian accents0.80text
/d/ or /n/ but also to the position after nonalveolar consonants as wellinstance ofyod-coalescence is now more common.Some East Anglian accents0.80text
pressureinstance ofin words ending with -ssure0.80text
the followinginstance ofThis results in pronunciations0.80text
Lancashireinstance ofThis is particularly associated with English English accents in areas0.80text
the West Midlandsinstance ofThis is particularly associated with English English accents in areas0.80text
Derbyshireinstance ofThis is particularly associated with English English accents in areas0.80text
and is also present in north-east varieties of Welsh Englishinstance ofThis is particularly associated with English English accents in areas0.80text
paninstance ofin view of minimal pairs0.80text
morninginstance ofbut also in other words0.80text

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