| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| Speech sounds often change when they accommodate to preceding or following sounds. Consider the surname Cronkite, which Walter Cronkite himself pronounces KRAHN-KEIT. In others’ speech, the clear n in his pronunciation is often assimilated to the following k, yielding the pronunciation KRAHNG-KEIT. For other processes that can cause change in pronunciation as a result of the phonetic environment, see APHERESIS; APHESIS; APOCOPE; DISSIMILATION; ELLIPSIS (2); INTRUSION; METATHESIS; SYNCOPE. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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