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Consonant lenition in Danish [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this thesis, I will account for coda lenition processes in Danish using local conjunction within optimality theory. These processes include deaspiration, stops becoming approximant and vocalization in syllable-final position. No such process occurs syllable-initially or intervocalically, nor does the following onset have any effect. I will show that
Hart, Margot Sue
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Evolution and Trade-Off Dynamics of Functional Load. [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy (Basel), 2022
Round E, Dockum R, Ryder RJ.
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Lenition of s in Gaulish?

open access: yes, 2012
Through all periods of Gaulish, viz. Early, Middle and Late Gaulish, the sibilants is amply attested in word-initial, word-medial and word-final po-sition in the vernacular language material. Therefore it is inadmissible to assume a general rule of "lenition" of s (i.e. aspiration or loss).
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Russian elision as lenition to zero

open access: yesProceedings of the Linguistic Society of America
While there has been extensive documentation of elision in colloquial Russian speech, there is minimal phonetic research on its underlying causes. The present study performs an exploratory acoustic analysis on spontaneous Russian speech and ties its phonetic correlates to previously described lenition processes by demonstrating their continuous nature.
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