English phonems for students of 6 grade

Modification of English phonemes in connected speech

The term accommodation (adaptation) is often used to denote the interchanges of "vowel + consonant", or "consonant + vowel". The accommodated sound does not change its main phonetic features and is pronounced as a variant of the same phoneme slightly modified under the influence of a neighboring sound. Assimilation is a modification in the articulation of a consonant under the influence of an adjacent consonant. The sound which articulation is modified is called assimilated; the consonants which influences – an assimilating sound. There are 4 main types of accommodation:

 

		It is useful to distinguish between obligatory assimilation and non-obligatory assimilation. Obligatory assimilation occurs in the speech of all people who speak a certain language, no matter what style of speech is used. Non-obligatory assimilation appears in rapid and careless speech. Teachers, public speakers, lecturers should avoid using this assimilation and foreign students should not try to imitate such speech.