Abstract
In this article I examine the main contex - tual factors wich condition the variable fera emana O -u in pretonic position, their individual and joint effets: Quantitative methods knom as varia - tion Theory were used. The sample covers graduate informants from Porto Alegre, RS, South of Brazil. The study considers the role of nasalization, the neighbouring consonants, stress and position of the high vowel.
Contido em
DELTA : revista de documentação de estudos em lingüística teórica e aplicada. São Paulo, SP. Vol. 4, n. 1 (fev. 1988), p. 1-20
