ASSIMILATION ACCORDING TO PETER LADEFOGED

Assimilation according to Peter Ladefoged

When one sound is changed into another because of the influence of a neighboring sound, there is said to be a process of assimilation. There is an assimilation of [ n ] to [ n ] because of the [ ð ] in the phrase in the. The assimilation may be complete if the nasal becomes absolutely dental, or partial if it is somewhere between dental and alveolar, a form we cannot symbolize in transcription. Anticipatory coarticulation is by far the most common cause of assimilations in

English.

The change of one sound into another making it more similar to a neighboring sound, as in the change of underlying [ n ] to [ m ] in input [ ˈɪnpʊt ] or of underlying [ z ] to [ ʒ ] in does she [ 'dʌʒʃi ]