Assimilation and Dissimilation

What is assimilation?

• It is the influence of a sound on a neighboring sound so that the two become similar or the same

• Is the change from an alveolar sound to a palatal sound

• Exchange consonant sounds for vowel sounds

• is the union of the words to pronounce correctly.

The sentence nice to meet you in which part has the assimilation?

• /nais tu/

• /mi:t ju:/

• /mi:tju:/

What are the four most important assimilations?

• (t+j)- (d+j)- (z+j) -( s+j)

• (t+p) - (n+m)- (d+g)- (t+k)

• (θ+s)- ( z-p) -(g- m)- (g+f)

• (l+m) -(t+g)- (n+m) - (d+j)

If a sound is bilabial, can it be changed to a fricative sound, in assimilation?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Choose a sentence than has assimilation

• It’s not boring

• Fluent speaker

• Piece of bread

• Sing this song

What is Dissimilation?

• Phonological processes that occur when two nearly sounds become less similar to each other in one or more characteristics.

• Phonological processes in which two nearly sounds are similar to each other.

• Phonological processes in which two nearly sounds are similar only in meaning.

• Phonological processes in which two or more sounds become similar.

What dissimilation tips are there?

• By direction and by meaning.

• By distance and by direction.

• By origin and by meaning.

• By distance and by origin

.“Distance” in Dissimilation refers to the position where the consonants are found in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

• TRUE

• FALSE

Distance in Dissimilation can be..

• Reciprocal

• Only contiguos

• Contiguos and no-contiguos

• Discontinuos

The direction of dissimilation can be ...

• Bidirectional

• Progressive and regressive

• Progressive only

• Only regressive