Fonetika a fonologie B

Lecture 7: on-line

 Lecture 7: Aspects of connected speech II: ASSIMILATION

 

 

Assimilation = one sound is made similar to another, "spodoba" in Czech

 

- sounds belonging to one word can cause changes in sounds belonging to neighbouring words

- it is the natural result of the various speech organs ‘cutting corners’ as they perform their complex sequence of movements, and      this occurs mostly at word boundaries and affects mainly consonant sounds

- however we must not think that 1 consonant is the ‘attacker’ and the other the ‘victim’ – it is rather a case of MUTUAL influence
- although it follows fairly regular patterns, assimilation is different in different languages; we cannot therefore simply apply the      
  assimilations from eg Czech to English
 
- learners who do not assimilate at all may sound over-precise, too careful, and this can inhibit the use of English rhythm and intonation
  patterns, resulting in a loss of both fluency and clarity of meaning!
 

Now try the following discovery activity.

Chyba: Odkazovaný objekt neexistuje nebo nemáte právo jej číst.
https://is.muni.cz/el/1441/jaro2016/A2BK_FF1B/um/L7_Discovery_activity.pdf

  • Types of assimilation

2 basic types are distinguished according to the direction of influence between neighbouring sounds :
 
1) regressive assimilation : one sound influences the preceding sound (C1 ← C2)
2) progressive assimilation: one sound influences the following sound (C1→ C2)
 
 
  • Assimilation affects consonants and their three distinctive features:
a) assimilation of place of articulation
b) assimilation of manner of articulation
c) assimilation of voicing
 
 
 
 
 

 

Chyba: Odkazovaný objekt neexistuje nebo nemáte právo jej číst.
https://is.muni.cz/el/1441/jaro2016/A2BK_FF1B/um/Regressive_assimilation.pdf
PROGRESSIVE_ASSIMILATION

Self-study

English Phonetics and Phonology (1994, 2009)

  • aspects of connected speech: assimilation
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