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The goal of this study is to provide a feature-centered analysis of the Cor-y sequence realizations framed in constraint-based theoretical model. It is argued in this study that a coronal consonant occurring in privileged positions strongly resists weakening processes while it gets strengthened by aspirated in the case of a coronal obstruent stop. The immunity of a coronal appearing in privileged position is ascribed to the effects of positional faithfulness. When a coronal consonant occurs in non-privileged positions, it is subject to phonological processes: a coronal consonant is co-articulated with the following palatal glide undergoing a slight change in its [+ant] feature. This natural weakening of the coronal onset is due to lack of positional faithfulness effect projected from the non-privileged positions such as unstressed medial syllable or coda position. The constraints in the account reflecting such positional faithfulness are highly ranked to secure the faithful featural realization of consonants in privileged positions. Based on a feature-centered account, the palatalization-like process occurring in a word and palatalization over a morpheme boundary might be distinguished by differentiating the degree of feature changes between them.