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    The document provides examples of different phonological processes in English including assimilation, elision, and insertion. Assimilation examples show sounds changing to be more similar to adjacent sounds, such as "bad man" becoming "bǽbman". Elision examples omit sounds, like "handsome" being pronounced as "/hǽnsəm/". Insertion examples add sounds between words to aid fluency, such as "How awful" becoming "/haʊwɔ:fʊl/".

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    The document provides examples of different phonological processes in English including assimilation, elision, and insertion. Assimilation examples show sounds changing to be more similar to adjacent sounds, such as "bad man" becoming "bǽbman". Elision examples omit sounds, like "handsome" being pronounced as "/hǽnsəm/". Insertion examples add sounds between words to aid fluency, such as "How awful" becoming "/haʊwɔ:fʊl/".

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    1.3 Phonemes, Allophones and Minimal Pairs (Lesson 3)

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    James Cancino
    The document provides examples of different phonological processes in English including assimilation, elision, and insertion. Assimilation examples show sounds changing to be more similar to adjacent sounds, such as "bad man" becoming "bǽbman". Elision examples omit sounds, like "handsome" being pronounced as "/hǽnsəm/". Insertion examples add sounds between words to aid fluency, such as "How awful" becoming "/haʊwɔ:fʊl/".

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    Phonemes, Allophones, and

    Minimal pairs
    More examples of Assimilation

    1. Bad man- bǽbman


    2. Good times - gʊttɑɪmz
    3. Good night -gʊnnaɪt
    4. Give me - gɪmmi
    5. Who’s this? – hu:zzis
    6. Save them - seɪvvəm
    More examples of Elision

    1. Handsome - /hǽnsəm/
    2. Windmill - /wɪnmɪl/
    3. Mostly - /moʊsli:/
    4. Kindness - /kɑɪnnəs/
    5. Attempts - /ətɛmps/
    Insertion

    To aid the flow of speech, consonants and vowels are


    sometimes added to words in casual style when they
    would not be pronounced if the word was said on its
    own. This is known as insertion.
    Examples:
    1. How awful - /haʊwɔ:fʊl/
    2. I understand - /aɪjʌndəstǽnd/
    3. Go under - /gowʊʌndə/

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