Assertion: consonant | /r/CapableOf | relax occlusion
Facets:
value: to lose its place of articulation
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Lenition can involve such changes as voicing a voiceless consonant, causing a consonant to relax occlusion, to lose its place of articulation (a phenomenon called debuccalization, which turns a consonant into a glottal consonant like [h] or [ʔ]), or even causing a consonant to disappear entirely.