 List of phonetic topics: Encyclopedia II - Gemination - In EnglishIn the English phonology, gemination is not distinctive. Phonetic gemination occurs marginally. It is often found where a root-word is preceded by another root or a prefix ending with the same letter or sound that the second root begins with. Examples: "homemade", "screenname", "flat-top", "misspell", "unknown", "innumerable". In some dialects it is also found when the suffix -ly follows a root ending in -l or -ll, for example: "fully", "evilly", "dully", "foully". In all dialects it also occurs over word boundaries: ...
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