... /st??i/›[ft?ri] In WF position M shows signs of early use of the process as there is reduction of the cluster to one member. /bend/›[ben] /sw?nz/›[fw?n] This also evident with clusters in word medial positon which are reduced to one member or are substituted for another. /k??k?/›['k?h?] /?n'sa?d/›[?n'faid] Context sensitive Voicing When /t/ and /k/ appear in WF position in isolation they undergo voicing, being replaced by /d/ and /g/ /ge?t/›[ge?d] /d?k/›[d?g] It is not that M has difficulty in the articulation of these targets as /t/ and /k/ occur WI position being realized correctly as shown by [ti 'f?d] and ['k?h?] so are contained with in his system but is applying the a separate rule for voicing when the stops occur finally t›+voice / _ # k Fronting This process generally affects palatals and velar obstruents with a tendency to replace them with alveolar. M does appear to be using this process on target alveolar and post alveolar fricatives ...

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