LING 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nasal Consonant, Assibilation, Epenthesis
9 Feb 2020
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When the first consonant in a group assimilates to the following consonant. When one consonant is deleted in an identical pair of consonants. Three conditions: root has two vowels, root has two consonants after the vowel, vowel is long. When there are two consonants in a row, and one is deleted. E-short is deleted before t in a ppp derivative. Whenever s" in the root occurs between two vowels, it becomes r". One segment changes to become more different than another. When s" is added after the root. Be careful not to confuse with ppp derivative. Nasal consonant is added after the root and switches places with the final consonant in the root. Often occurs between a nasal and -tion (redemption) U v between two vowels or between l and a vowel. When there are three or more consonants in a row and one is deleted. D- assimilates to following consonants assimilation of s" to following consonants (different)
