A patient walks through the dark halls of the psychiatric ward, no memory of his past, but suddenly unbelievable visions and dreams start to torment him. The doctor urges him to write them down as they both believe that the dreams could be related to his memories somehow trying to resurface. Once the dream world starts to become linear and a story begins to take shape, the patient begins to believe that they are more than just illusions. Unsure of this, he starts to take to heart the story of his dreams . . . and ask questions. At night, while sleeping, he returns as Zack to Teuran. All the dreams, so far, take place in this Silver City. Working together in a secure community, there is little room for dishonor for the son of a rumored drunken old veteran. After a day of school like any other, he is forced to confront the world outside the walls and encounters people with mysterious powers. As the dreams become clearer and clearer, so too do they become more and more unbelievable. The patient constantly thinks he is losing his mind until he finally begins to suspect that the good doctor may know more than he lets on . . .
The book analyzes the articulatory motivation of several adaptation processes (place assimilations, blending, coarticulation) involving consecutive consonants in heterosyllabic consonant sequences within the framework of the degree of articulatory constraint model of coarticulation. It also shows that the homorganic relationship between two heterosyllabic consonants contributes to the implementation of manner assimilations, while heterorganicity as well as sonorancy and voicing in the syllable-onset C2 are key factors in the weakening of the syllable-coda C1. Experimental and descriptive evidence is provided with production, phonological and sound change data from several languages, and more especifically with tongue-to-palate contact and lingual configuration data for Catalan consonant sequences. The book also reviews critically research on the c-center effect in tautosyllabic consonant sequences which has been carried out during the last thirty years.
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