Sunday, February 20, 2011

Assimilation

Some English consonant sounds, change into different phonemes when followed by certain other sounds. Here are some examples

/ t / changes to / p / before / m / / b / or / p /

Great Britain
pot plant
put back

/ d / changes to / b / before / m / / b / or / p /

blood pressure

bad boy

/ n / changes to / m / before / m / / b / or / p /

down payment
open book

/ t / changes to / k / before / k / or /g/

credit card
fat girl

/ d / changes to / g / before / k / or / g

bad girl
hard cash

/ n / changes to /ŋ/ before / k / or / g

open court
Golden Gate


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