| Lemma | regressive assimilation |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bloomfield (1935) |
| Titolo | Language |
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| Citazioni | Quite commonly clusters change by ways of 'assimilation': the position of the vocal organs for the production of one phoneme is altered to a position more like that of the other phoneme. The commoner case is 'regressive assimilation', change of the prior phoneme. |