This is because the underlying knowledge you have of the English language tells you that two consonants such as ‘fw’ cannot appear next to each other at the end of a word. Phonemes are the smallest ...

V(C)DlV --> V(C)D $ lT. 'D' = an alveolar stop, (C) = any immediately preceding consonant, 'l' = /l/. If an alveolar stop and the phoneme /l/ occur between vowels, the alveolar stop goes with the ...

In the case of the male phoneme sequence ("tuh"), derived from Norbert Ruebsaat's speaking the word "touch", timbral changes are possible as the grains move (with changing offset) from the aspiration ...