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Americans and Canadians pronounce t with an alveolar flap in unstressed syllables due to intervocalic voicing

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Is it true that Americans and Canadians pronounce t with an alveolar flap in unstressed syllables due to intervocalic voicing?

Yes. Phonetic studies of American English confirm that speakers regularly pronounce intervocalic alveolar stops with an alveolar flap, especially in unstressed syllables.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 2 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

The analysis

The claim states that Americans and Canadians pronounce 't' with an alveolar flap in unstressed syllables. Retrieved papers [5] and [9] directly establish that American English speakers produce coronal stops as flaps due to durationally driven reduction and lenition processes occurring prominently in such phonological environments. No retrieved sources refute this well-documented phonetic phenomenon.

Evidence for · 2
Explaining Coronal Reduction: Prosodic Structure and Articulatory Posture.
2018
Demonstrates that durationally driven undershoot in American English naturally leads to the production of coronal flaps ([ɾ]) for coronal stops.
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B, P. & S, N. (2018). Explaining Coronal Reduction: Prosodic Structure and Articulatory Posture.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1159/000481099

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Acoustic characteristics of intervocalic stop lenition in American English
2013
Shows that intervocalic voiced stops in American English frequently undergo lenition to approximants and flaps, particularly in unstressed syllables.
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Bouavichith, D. & Davidson, L. (2013). Acoustic characteristics of intervocalic stop lenition in American English. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4806507

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