## Next week prep

    Only read this is you passed the practice test! Else go back to remedial.

# Assimilation

There's three types of assimilation in phonetics. Assimilation needs that something is taken over by another thing, and changes because of that. In the case of phonetics, it's phonemes that are taken over and changed.
It's the difference between how a dictionary says to pronounce things versus how things are pronounced in speech.

Next week you'll spend more time on these, but for now an introduction. For further preparation, read pages 139 - 145 of your book.

- The first type is leading = there will be a change in the first phoneme. This often happens with alveolar phonemes.
- The second type is lagging = there will a change in the second part (so not just the one phoneme, it could be part of the word or the sentence!). This assimilates the place and the manner of articulation.
- The third part is reciprocal = there will be a change on both sides (so both phonemes are involved). It often happens with /j/.