_ _ _ _ _ is when the last consonant of the first word is joined to the first vowel of the next word. This is very very common in English, and can be very confusing for students. For example: 'an apple' sounds like 'a napple' (Teacher, what
catenation
_ _ _ _ _ is when a word with a vowel in word-final position is followed immediately across a word boundary by another word that has a vowel in word-initial position, the two words may be linked by the insertion of an /r/ sound.
liaison
_ _ _ _ _ is a sound change in which some phonemes (typically consonants or vowels) change to become more similar to other nearby sounds. A common type of phonological process across languages, assimilation can occur either within a word or
assimilation
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