To test this hypothesis, an analysis was performed on tokens in flapping environments.
This still would not enforce flapping in words like cater, where the stop appears after a long vowel.
Again, we used the optional phonological process of flapping to determine the effects of semantic predictability on a phonemic contrast.
Thus, as has been proposed for flapping, only the prominence level of the syllable containing the 0t,d0 token affects deletion.
In this case, flapping is not evident because it does not result in the complete loss of the \t\-\d\ contrast.
However, children's use of flapping was not the motivation for our investigation.
We suggested, however, that seven-year-olds may have hyperarticulated the \t\\d\ contrast because of the reading task, thereby overriding phonological flapping.
Clinging to a piece of ice he heard the flapping of a wing and saw a raven.
