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Written Analysis of Brazilian and European Pronunciation Patterns
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PT.295 Written Analysis of Brazilian and European Pronunciation Patterns
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Phonetic comparison cue: A comparison of 'elegante' gives BR [elegãtʃi] and EP [ɨlɨgãtɨ]. Which explanation is best?
A
The EP cue shows stronger unstressed-vowel reduction, while the BR cue also shows final t-palatalization before [i].
B
The word has different spelling in Brazil and Portugal, so written phonetic comparison is impossible.
C
The stressed nasal vowel disappears in European Portuguese.
D
Brazilian Portuguese changes l to [w] because it comes before a vowel.
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