THE FEATURE GEOMETRY MODEL AND THE PHONOLOGICAL PROCESS OF ASSIMILATION IN ENGLISH
THE FEATURE GEOMETRY MODEL AND THE PHONOLOGICAL PROCESS OF ASSIMILATION IN ENGLISH
Author(s): Irina-Ana DrobotSubject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: connected speech; hierarchical organisation; features; nodes; segments
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show how efficient the Feature Geometry model is in the representation of the phonological process of assimilation in English. In order to prove its efficacy, the different types of assimilation are presented with examples and a general representation with this model is given for each type.
- Issue Year: VII/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 20-26
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
