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In the context of syllable structure, which is the nucleus of the word “clench?”

For most people, at approximately what age does it become difficult to learn the phonetic repertoire and phonological patterns of a new language?

Final consonant deletion, when it occurs in the context of dialectal difference, is considered an error and qualifies a person for speech therapy.

Standard American English is superior to vernacular dialects of American English.

Many users of Southern American English tend to tense vowels that are otherwise produced as lax.

A /lεg/ — > /leɪg/ pronunciation, as commonly occurs in Southern American English, is considered tensing of a lax vowel.

Standard American English has three diphthongs.

When /dɔɡɪ/ –> /dɔdɪ/ is a child’s pronunciation, that is an example of progressive assimilation.

Which is an example of metathesis?

When a person who uses African American English omits a final consonant, the nucleus of that syllable is typically lengthened.