1. Some Aspects of Connected Speech

2. Assimilation
from Latin" to become like”
one sound is influenced by a neighboring sound.
One sound moves phonetically in the direction of its neighbor.
process or result of two sounds
Sounds become identical or similar.

3. Types of assimilation Voicing Assimilation
either the change from a voiced consonant to a voiceless one as in /d/ in learned to /t/ in /lɝːnt/
voiceless consonant to a voiced one

4. Place of Articulation Assimilation
This type of assimilation involves the change of the place of articulation of the consonants involved in assimilation.
/n/ in prefix –in becomes /m/ when attached to possible impossible

5. Nasal Assimilation occurs medially and finally.
/m/ and /n/ occur initially, medially and finally.
occurs medially and finally.

6. two consonants have the same place of articulation, as shown by the examples above, they are called homorganic consonants.

7. Regressive Assimilation
the sounds assimilated are influenced by the succeeding/following sounds

8. It/, /d/ and /n/ often become bilabial before bilabial consonants /p/, /b/ and /m/:

9. It/ assimilates to /k/ before /k/ or /g/
/d/ assimilates to /g/ before /k/ or /g/:

13. Elision
Elision may be defined as the disappearance of sounds.

14. 1- /t/ and /d/, the most common elisions in English, when they appear within a consonant cluster.
-next day /t/ elided between /ks/ and /d/
-reached Paris, stopped for /t/ elided between /tf/and /p/, and between /p/ and /f/.

15. /v/ can disappear in of, before consonants.
11th of November
- waste of time.

16. Metathesis
Metathesis is a sound change that takes place in the pronunciation of words.
Examples of metathesis from English include:' waps 'for' wasp',' claps' for' clasp',' aks' for' ask’.