Assimilation-rule-同化规则

Assimilationrule同化规则Assimilation(同化)Aprocessinwhichonesoundtakesonsomeorallthecharacteristicsofaneighboringsound.Therearethreeinstancesofassimilation:nasalization（鼻化）dentalization（齿化）velarization（腭化）Howdoyoupronouncethefollowingpairsofwords?Paymuchmoreattentiontothesecondwordineachpair.cap[kæp],can[kãn]--nasalizaed;tap,[tæp],tan;[tãn]--nasalizaed;tent,[tent],tenth[tεnθ]--dentalized;ninety[nainti],ninth[nainθ]--dentalized;since[sins],sink[siŋk]--velarized;mince[mins],mink[miŋk]--velarized;Assimilationcanalsooccuracrosssyllableorwordboundariespan[ŋ]cakesun[ŋ]glassesYoucan[ŋ]keepthem.Youcan[ŋ]gonow.FricativesandaffricatesinEnglishmaybeassimilatedinvoicingfivepast[faivpa:st][faifpa:st]loveto[l^vtə][l^ftə]hasto[hӕztə][hӕstə]ascanbeshown[ӕzkənbi∫əun][ӕskənbi∫əun]edgetoedge[εʤtəεʤ][εʧtəεʤ]