Alveolar plosive elision is very common in English. The alveolar plosives are unstable. The following conditions are necessary for alveolar plosive elision: the alveolar plosive must be in the syllable coda, it must be preceded by a consonant which agrees in voicing, and the following consonant must not be a glottal fricative.
Here are examples of alveolar plosive elision:
confused student
exactly
finished manuscript
first performance
iced tea
handmade
just finished
last night
locked door
used car
Alveolar plosive elision is a type of lenition. It occurs in the syllable coda, the least perceptually salient part of the syllable. It is especially common in casual speech.
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