What is the difference between stridency deletion and stopping?
Stridency deletion is a phonological process where the intense, high-frequency noise of a strident sound is lost, replaced by a non-strident sound, which can be a stop or a non-strident fricative. Stopping, however, is a specific type of substitution where any fricative or affricate sound is replaced *only* by a stop sound, regardless of stridency. Stridency deletion is broader, encompassing...