Open Library of Humanities, Laboratory Phonology, 1(5), 2014
DOI: 10.1515/lp-2014-0002
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AbstractThe magnitude of anterior and dorsal constrictions for laterals in /(C)(C)VlC/ words produced by eight American English speakers was measured using ultrasound imaging. The results replicate previous findings that laterals have weaker anterior constrictions when followed by labial or velar consonants than when followed by alveolar consonants. The main novel finding is that, in words with /VlC