Francisco Zabala - 2016 1Chameleonic phonemes: Assimilation Some phonemes change one of its three distinctive features to resemble a neighbouring sound.. In English, it’s mostly the fre
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Chameleonic phonemes: Assimilation
Some phonemes change one of its three distinctive features to resemble a neighbouring sound
As a result, they turn into another phoneme In English, it’s mostly the frequent syllable-final
alveolar
3 Can coalesce (i.e merge) with a following i and the result is
3 Can coalesce (i.e merge) with a following i and the result is
2 Can coalesce (i.e merge) with a following i and the result is
2 Can coalesce (i.e merge) with a following i and the result is
Transcribe these sentences and find possible cases of assimilation Colour them
1 It was a great game
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2 They’d been playing for hours when it began to rain
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3 In my opinion, she did quite well in Maths and Chemistry
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6 This show can’t be cancelled yet
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9 In contrast with what you have said, I don’t believe John could kill me
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10 I miss your hilarious jokes
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12 Was she in court, by the way?
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