What Is Assimilation In Phonology?
A sound takes on a feature of a neighbour. In ten boys, alveolar /n/ becomes bilabial /m/ before /b/. In DF notation: X → Y / Z, read “X becomes Y in the environment of Z”.
A sound takes on a feature of a neighbour. In ten boys, alveolar /n/ becomes bilabial /m/ before /b/. In DF notation: X → Y / Z, read “X becomes Y in the environment of Z”.