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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
I met Bob~
1. Alveolar stops(t in 'met') are assimilated in place of articulation to following bilabial(b in 'Bob') or velar stops across word boundaries.
2. I met Bob yesterday.
My books says The rule #1 applies to 'met Bob' in #2.
But I don't see any change or pronunciation cut from 'met Bob' in #2.
Isn't it just /met b?:b/? What do you think?
2. I met Bob yesterday.
My books says The rule #1 applies to 'met Bob' in #2.
But I don't see any change or pronunciation cut from 'met Bob' in #2.
Isn't it just /met b?:b/? What do you think?
Top answer
This is not my area of expertise; CJ will have a better explanation. However, in 'met Bob', the /t/ sound all but disappears: I almost pronounce the stop-t, but not quite!
- This is not my area of expertise; CJ will have a better explanation.
- However, in 'met Bob', the /t/ sound all but disappears: I almost pronounce the stop-t, but not quite!
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This is not my area of expertise; CJ will have a better explanation. However, in 'met Bob', the /t/ sound all but disappears: I almost pronounce the stop-t, but not quite!
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