Rules of Spoken Language Assimilation

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• Change of a sound in speech so that it becomes identical with or similar to the next sound.

• The act of making two sounds in speech that are next to each other more similar to each other in certain ways.

• That pen• Light blue• Meat pie• That man• Forget me• That boy• Cute baby

t becomes p before p, bt becomes p before p, b and m and m

• That case• Bright color• Quite good• That cup• That girl• Fat girl• Might go• That cake

t becomes k before k and gt becomes k before k and g

• Good cup

• Good class

• Loud clap

• Good girl

• Bad guy

• Good concert

• Good cook

d becomes g before k and gd becomes g before k and g

• Good boy• Good pen• Good man• Red marker• Mad man• Blood bank• Dad beats• Sad mood

d becomes b before p, b d becomes b before p, b and mand m

• Ten men• Ten boys• Ten pens• Ten players• Foreign minister• Sun blind• Question mark• Common market

n becomes m before p, b n becomes m before p, b and mand m

• Ten cups• Ten girls• Van comes• Main gate• Tone control• Roman catholic• In camera• Iron curtain

n becomes n~ before k n becomes n~ before k and gand g

• This shop

• This shoe

• This show

• This year

• Bus shelter

• Space shuttle

• Nice shoes

s becomes sh before sh s becomes sh before sh and yand y

• Those years• These young people• Is young• Wise youngster• These sheep• Rose show

z becomes Z before sh and yz becomes Z before sh and y

• Don’t you

• Want your card

• I get your pen.

t becomes sh before yt becomes sh before y