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Assimilation in Connected Speech by Englimedinst is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses two types of assimilation that can occur in connected speech: perseverative assimilation and coalescent assimilation. Perseverative assimilation involves a phoneme changing to assimilate to a following phoneme, such as /s/ changing to /ʃ/ before /ʃ/. Coalescent assimilation occurs when two phonemes influence each other and combine to form a third phoneme, such as /t/ + /j/ combining to form /ʧ/, as in "couldn
- Author
- Englimedinst
- Language
- EN