This is not straightforward because the maximum difference between two joint cumulative distribution functions is not generally the same as the maximum difference of any of the complementary distribution functions.
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Thus, for any word of at least two syllables, there are two different forms, one with penultimate length and one without it, occurring in complementary distribution.
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In early phonetic reconstructions all four were separately accounted for, but it has since been realized that grades three and four are in complementary distribution depending on the initial.
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:" And for that matter, is there a linguistic term for such a lack of overlap in where letters appear ? " Complementary distribution would probably be the best choice.
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:: In English, / h / and / ng / are in complementary distribution : h only ever occurs at the beginning of words, and ng only at the end.
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In native Turkic words, the sounds,, and are in complementary distribution with,, and; the former set occurs adjacent to front vowels and the latter adjacent to back vowels.
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With a few exceptions mentioned in the previous sections, the vowels and occur in complementary distribution when stressed, the latter before nasal consonants followed by a vowel, and the former elsewhere.
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Pharyngeal and are also in complementary distribution : in CVV words and in CVCV and CVN words; some speakers use in CVV roots too, so that their pharyngeal vowels are reduced to.
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The conflation between primary + high and secondary + high as well as primary + low and secondary + low in Trager ( 1946 ) was due to the belief that they were in complementary distribution.
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Hunziker et al . find complementary distribution between homorganic NC clusters, which occur only medially ( there are no word-final nasal consonants ), and nasal vowels, which they only transcribe word finally.
