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Changes in sound to simplify the pronunciation together, not in isolation.

Assimilation  a process in which one phoneme is replaced by a second phoneme


under the influence of a third one.

Types

Regressive Prefix in  il in illegal (influenced by the second phoneme SOUND B


INCLUENCES SOUND A

Progressive  Sound A influences Sound B ON THE HOUSE (on a house)

CoalescentEXAMPLE NOT YET The phonemes merched when appear together (they
combine to form a new one)

EN EL TIK TOK PONER LA TRASCRIPCIÓN

DISSIMILATION The process by which a speech sound becames different from or less like
a neighbouring sound

Examples  Latin :peregrinus > pilgrim (EN)


/r….r/ /l…r/

Old English purpure > purple (EN)


/r…r/ /r…l/

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