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1-When two adjacent consonants within a word or at word boundaries influence each other in such a way that the articulation of one sound becomes similar to or even identical with the articulation of the other sound, this phenomenon is called assimilation.

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2- When the word horseshoe is pronounced as [ho:ffu:], contextual assimilation takes place.

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3-Assimilation is said to be partial when the articulation of the assimilated consonant fully coincides with that of the assimilating sound.

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4-Assimilation is called progressive when the sound that comes first affects the sound that comes after it.

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5-When the sound /t/ is pronounced as a rounded variants in the word too, accommodation takes place.

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6-Elision takes place when a sound is pronounced in its weak form.

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7-When a sound has zero realization, elision takes place.

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8-Elision is typical of rapid, casual speech.

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9-The words which can be pronounced both in their strong forms and their weak forms are grammatical words.  

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10-When the phrase for egg is pronounced as [fo:regz], intrusive r takes place.

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