13. Assimilation, elision, and insertion
In connected speech, neighboring segments may affect each other in various ways, so as to facilitate articulation. In the discussion of the realization of individual phonemes in the preceding chapters we have already looked at numerous examples of this type of interaction within words. Some of the main processes involved are assimilation, elision, and insertion.
This chapter consists of the following parts:
13.3.1 Assimilation of Alveolars
13.3.2 Assimilation of Bilabials
13.6 Assimilation and Elision in Dutch
13.6.1 Regressive Voicing of Obstruents
13.6.2 Progressive Devoicing of Fricatives
13.6.4 Palatization of Alveolars
13.6.5 Nasalization and n-Deletion
13.7 Simplification v. Gemination
