LING 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Eth, Epenthesis, Free Variation
9 Oct 2016
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Ide: place or manner of articulation) i. e: a sound becomes more similar to an adjacent sound. We have 2 places assimilation can go : reressive : reg: the end going back to the right l becomes velar . goes from k to l. Progressive assim flunt . circle under l means voiceless voicelessness of f moves to l voicing assimilation: May be regressive or prog result is voicing or devoicing of adjacent phone. Spaghetti: kids do this one: spageri -. We do these things because its easier to pronounce. Deletion is what you think . we take thhings out. Because it is not stressed, it is reduced to a schwa. May have sev variants but only some are used to differentiate between wo rds. [fid] vs [fit] feed vs feet : word change. Diff pronounciation do not chang eth emeaning of the word.
