Chapter 4: The Sound Patterns of Language
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When "handbag" is pronounced as [hæmbæɡ], with /n/ changing to /m/, this is an instance of ________.
Assimilation
When a vowel becomes nasalized due to a following nasal consonant, this is referred to as ________.
Nasalization
The phenomenon where "can go" is pronounced as [kæŋ ɡoʊ], with /n/ changing to [ŋ], is due to ________.
Assimilation
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