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Using a corpus analysis and an elicitation study, we provide evidence regarding the effects of lexical, phonological and socio-phonetic factors on the distribution of affricate variants in Emirati Arabic (EA). The corpus results indicate that the processes are only partially attributable to lexical factors; results reveal previously unreported patterns of vowel effects, and suggest a role of coronal consonants in determining affrication. The experimental results highlight significant within- and across-speaker variability that is not only lexically-determined, but also contradicts traditional hypotheses regarding the geographic distribution of the variants. This exploratory study presents a detailed descriptive analysis of the process in EA, providing suggestions for future investigations.

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This paper examines the phonological processes affecting consonant clusters in the speech of a child acquiring Polish (1;5-1;9). Word-initial, word-medial and word-final clusters are discussed, and compared to word-initial singleton consonants in the data. The nature of the processes, as well as the wide range of variability within the child"s system, lead to the conclusion that articulation, attention and word-based processing are the main factors affecting the child"s production.