1) What is Assimilation? a) It is a process by which two consonant sounds become more similar to each other. It happens when one sound takes the characteristic of its neighboring sound. b) It is a process which happens when the sounds at the end of one word connect smoothly to the sounds at the beginning of the next word. This makes speech flow naturally and sound less choppy. 2) What is regressive assimilation? a) Two sounds combine to form a new one.Example: would you → /wʊdʒuː/ (the /d/ + /j/ merge into /dʒ/). b) The final consonant of one word changes to become more like the initial consonant of the following word.Example: good boy → /ɡʊb bɔɪ/ (the /d/ becomes /b/) 3) The alveolar nasal and plosives /t/, /d/, /n/ sounds change their place of articulation when they are followed by BILABIAL sounds. a) True b) False 4) The alveolar nasal and plosives sounds change their place of articulation when they are followed by VELAR sounds. a) True b) False 5) The alveolar fricative sounds /s/, /z/ change their place of articulation when they are followed by /j/, /ʃ/ and /ʒ/. a) False b) True 6) The voiceless alveolar plosive /t/ sound will change to a dental plosive when it is followed by a dental sound. /t/ becomes /t̪/ [aɪ kɑːnt θɪŋk] [aɪ kɑːnt̪ θɪŋk] a) True b) False

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