Rules Of Spoken Language Assimilation

Assimilation

• 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.

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

t becomes p before p, b and m

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

t becomes k before k and g

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Good cup Good class Loud clap Good girl Bad guy Good concert Good cook

d becomes g before k and g

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

d becomes b before p, b and m

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

n becomes m before p, b and m

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

n becomes n~ before k and g

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This shop This shoe This show This year Bus shelter Space shuttle Nice shoes

s becomes sh before sh and y

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

z becomes Z before sh and y

• Don’t you • Want your card • I get your pen.

t becomes sh before y