Distinctive Features Complementary Distr
Distinctive Features Complementary Distr
Distinctive Features Complementary Distr
Voiceless allophone [ l ] when /l/ occurs after /p/, /t/ or /k/ at the
beginning of a syllable.
Clear l which occurs before vowels.
Dark l which occurs elsewhere (i.e. before consonants or a pause).
Skandera, Paul & Burleigh, Peter. 2005. A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology - Twelve Lessons
with an Integrated Course in Phonetic Transcription. Gunter Narr Verlag Tbingen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinctive_feature
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_variation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_distribution
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