fast speech process

Qn) What are some of the rules in deletion and asimiliation drying fast speech processes? Illustrate with some examples.


Define fast speech process

sometimes when we talk, we do not pronounce every single sound. Some sounds get deleted and some sounds become similar to the neighboring sounds.

Rule 1 - deletion

when /t/ or /d/ is in the coda of a syllable, it must have a consonant before and after it in order to be deleted.
Eg:
postman /paustmaen/ - /t/ can be deleted as /s/ is before and /m/ is after it
handbag /h(schwa)endbaeg/ -/d/ can be deleted as /n/ is before and /b/ is after it.

Rule 2 - assimilation

some sounds cannot be deleted. However, they are made similar to the following sound.
For /n/, it tends to be pronounced as /m/ if phoneme /p/ /b/ /m/ follows
it tends to be pronounced as /n(looking like g)/ if phoneme /k/ /g/ comes next
*can also occur at the end of the word.

Eg:
one boy /wvn bc:/ thus /n/ sounds like /m/
one girl /wvn g3:l/ thus /n/ sounds like /n(looking like g)/