“You can provide us with a decision” /kən/

“Edward adores Scotland” / ədɔ:z/

“happen” / ‘hæpən/
ASSIMILATION

Assimilation is a common phonological process by which

the phonetics of a speech segment changes as a
consequence of certain characteristics of a neighbouring
segment. In other words, a sound is affected by another
sound pronounced before or after it.
If a sound changes with reference to a following segment,
it is called “regressive assimilation”, the changes with
reference to a preceding segment are called “progressive
assimilation”.
Assimilation of place

/ t / changes to / p / before / m / / b / or / p /
that man
meet Paul
eight boys

/ d / changes to / b / before / m / / b / or / p /
good boy
bad people
mad men

/ n / changes to / m / before / m / / b / or / p /
ten miles
one person
in bed
/ t / changes to / k / before / k / or /g/
that car
set goals

/ d / changes to / g / before / k / or / g /
hard copy
second guitar

/ n / changes to /ŋ/ before / k / or / g /

in camera
common ground
Assimilation of manner

/ s / changes to /ʃ/ before /ʃ/ or / j /

this year
nice shirt

/ z / changes to /ʒ/ before /ʃ/ or / j /

those shows
these years

/z/ changes to /s/ before /s/

is Sam
/pəˈhæps jʊ kəm_prəˈvaɪd əs wɪð ə dɪˈsɪʒən/

/edwəd ə’dɔ:s_skɒtlənd/

/ ‘hæpən/ ‘hæpn / ‘hæpm/