preconsonantal
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɹi.kɒn.səˈnæn.təl/
preconsonantal (not comparable)
- Immediately preceding a consonant or consonant sound.
- Antonyms: prevocalic
- 2005, José Ignacio Hualde, The Sounds of Spanish, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-54538-9, page 28 ↗:
- Thus, whereas practically all Caribbean speakers [of Spanish] aspirate preconsonantal and word-final /s/ [pronouncing it as [h]
] to a certain extent (except, perhaps, for some radio announcers), this is a highly variable process and the highest indices of aspiration and deletion of /s/ are found in the most colloquial styles.
- Thus, whereas practically all Caribbean speakers [of Spanish] aspirate preconsonantal and word-final /s/ [pronouncing it as [h]
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