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Assimilation where only one or some of the features are assimilated from one segment to another. See also assimilation, total assimilation .

phonetics

The study of sounds as articulated. See also phonology .

phonology

The study of sounds as psychologically represented in the brain, and the relationship of those sounds to sounds that are actually produced. See also phonetics .

place feature

See articulator

Plato's problem

 

privative

One-valued features as opposed to binary features. Privative features are either present or absent. Unlike binary features, they are not indicated with a plus/minus.

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