Table 4

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Change in place of articulation or in voicing are the most common types of regressive assimilation in English.

There are, however, also some cases of regressive assimilation with a change in

manner of articulation. These tend to occur in informal speech, e.g.

Could you give me a call ? Let me do that for you.

[m:] [m:]

2.2. Progressive (perseverative) assimilation:the C changes because of the influence of the preceding C, e.g. lunch score articulated with [s] becoming [ʃ] under the

influence of [ʧ]. But these assimilations are less common in English. They occur in some contractions, e.g. it's, that's.

2.3. Coalescent (reciprocal) assimilation(асиміляція зрощення) is a type of reciprocal assimilation: the first C and the second C in a cluster fuse and mutually condition the creation of a third C with features from both original Cs.

This assimilation occurs most frequently when final alveolar Cs [t], [d] are followed by initial palatal [j]. Then they become affricates [ʧ], [ʤ], and this assimilation is called affricatization.Final alveolar Cs [s], [z] before [j] can become palatalized fricatives or sibilants [ʃ] and [Ʒ] respectively (the assimilation is then called assibilation),e.g.:

t + j= [ʧ] Is that your dog?, virtue, statue

d + j = [ʤ] Would you mind moving? education, during

s + j = [ʃ] issue, He is coming this year.

z + j = [Ʒ] Does your mother know?

The amount of assimilation that occurs in native speaker pronunciation will depend on the formality of the situation, the rate of speech, and the style of the speaker.