Properties of consonants

Some of you may remember that my first message to this list concerned how
to merge clusters to form single consonants. I've never yet managed to find
a solution for this problem that I've been happy with, so I've decided to
restart the process from scratch, and break it down into smaller steps.

I've often seen a notation on the list that denotes features of phonemes in
a manner such as [+velar][+stop][-voice]. Where can I get more information
about this notation online? Also, where could I get information about how
these features tend to evolve in different environments?

Pete

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