This category can be seen to be a medial position between the realists and the eliminativists since it attempts to blend attributes of both into a theory of intentionality.
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For instance, it has been found that six-month-olds can discriminate between medial position syllables in words with multiple syllables when infant directed speech is used.
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It may also be subject to fortition, merging into in initial position, while occasionally shifting to or in medial position, especially if preceded by a devoiced syllable.
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Curiously, the sibilant consonant has a tendency to debuccalize to in word medial position before the low vowel, and more commonly before the high vowel in all positions.
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The orthography does not reflect the in word-initial position, but either " . " or " y " may be seen in medial position.
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The nasal only occurs between vowels, and only word finally ( and then only in some dialects ), so these may be allophones . also only occur in medial position.
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Also, unlike most other catfishes, the premaxillae are highly mobile, and the lower jaws have evolved towards a medial position, with the teeth pointed rostroventrally; these are important evolutionary innovations.
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Finally, in some parts of the county, there is a tendency to palatalize the consonant cluster in word-initial and medial position, thereby rendering it as something more closely approaching [ tl ].
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Latin also keeps the three series separate, but largely obscures the distinctions among voiced-aspirated consonants in initial position ( all except / g? / become / f / ) and collapses many distinctions in medial position.
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An example of this is, " maggots to move around on something; many blackbirds to be in a field . " In word-medial position, the syllable boundary falls before the final consonant in a sequence.
