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1 ASPECTS OF
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2 Assimilation A feature of natural connected speech only

Sounds belonging to one word can cause changes in sounds (phonemes)
belonging to neighbouring words 38
More likely to be found in rapid, casual speech
The cases most often described are assimilations a ecting consonants
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3 Assimilation at word boundary

- - - Cf Ci - - -
word
boundary
Assimilation can be either regressive or
progressive

4 3 types of assimilation:
1) assimilation of place of articulation
2) assimilation of manner of articulation
3) assimilation of voicing

5 Assimilation of place
The most common form involves the movement of place of articulation of
the alveolar stops /t/, /d/ and /n/ to a position closer to that of the
following sound.
For instance, in the phrase ten cars, the /n/ will usually be articulated in a
velar position, so that the tongue will be ready to produce the following
velar sound /k/.
Similarly, in ten boys the /n/ will be produced in a bilabial position, /tem
b/ to prepare for the articulation of the bilabial /b/.

6 BEFORE A VELAR (/k/, /g/)

/n/

/ŋ/
e.g. ten cars /
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/g/
e.g. good girl //
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e.g. that kid

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7 BEFORE A BILABIAL (/m/, /b/, /p/) e.g. hot mushrooms / that
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e.g. ten men /tem men/
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/t/
/p/
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e.g. hot mushrooms / that person/
meat pie/ light blue
t + bilabial = p
t + dental = dental plosive (e.g. that thing / get those / cut through)
t + velar = k (e.g. that case / bright colour / quite good)
d + similar contexts = b, d, g
n + similar contexts = m, n, ŋ
s and z + ∫ , j become ∫ and ζ (e.g. this shoe, those years)

8 Assimilation of manner
The change is most likely to be towards an easier consonant – one that
makes less obstruction to the air ow
Final plosive becomes a fricative or nasal (that side, good night)
A plosive / nasal + word-initial /ð/ : in the,
get them, read these (consonant ð becomes identical in manner to the
cons. nal, but with dental place of articulation)

9 Assimilation of voicing
The vibration of the vocal folds is not something that can be switched on
and o very swiftly, as a result groups of consonants tend to be either all
voiced or all voiceless. Consider the di erent endings of ‘dogs’ /d‫כּ‬gz/ and
‘cats’ /kæts/, of the past forms of the regular verbs such as ‘kissed’ /kıst/
and ‘sneezed’ /sni:zd/.
Only regressive assim. of voicing is found:
cons. nal voiced + cons.initial voiceless devoices cons. nal: e.g. get them
/get tәm/
Progressive assim. of voicing with su xes s/z

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 10 Elision is very simply the omission of certain sounds in certain
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1     Alveolar consonants /t/ and /d/ when ‘sandwiched’ between two
consonants (CONS – t/d – CONS), e.g.
The next day….
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11 Cases of elision
Loss of weak vowel after p/t/k: potato, tomato, perhaps, etc.
Weak vowel + n/l/r = syllabic n / l / r : tonight, police, correct, etc. 38
Avoidance of complex cons. clusters:
“George the Sixth´s throne”
2/3 plosives + a fricative : the middle plosive disappears: acts, looked Download
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Loss of nal /v/ in of before consonants: lots of them, waste of money,
etc.

12 Elision = disappearance of sounds

This can also take place within a ricates /t∫/ and /dζ/ when preceded by a
consonant, e.g.
lunchtime  
strange days
A phoneme may have zero realisation or be deleted.

13 Are contractions a case of elision?

Had, would : “´d”
Is, has : “´s”
Will : “´ll”
Have : “´ve”
Not : “n´t”
Are : “´re”

14 Linking (Liaison)
Words in English can be linked in special ways: “linking r” and “intrusive r”
Linking r: “here are” vs. “here”
“four eggs” vs. “four”
“law and order” vs. “law”
Intrusive r: “Formula A”
“media event”
These are special cases of juncture.

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immediately precede it or follow it
E.g. “my turn” vs. “might earn”
Example of close juncture: m + you
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di erentiated?
Answer: due to aspiration or non-aspir. of /t/ thanks to its position at
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