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... Assimilation , and Dissimilation of Vowels and Consonants - Changes due to indistinct utterance - National peculiarities of utterance - Grimm's Law 46-86 FORMATION OF WORDS- CHAPTER V .. Radical and Formative Elements.
... Assimilation , and Dissimilation of Vowels and Consonants - Changes due to indistinct utterance - National peculiarities of utterance - Grimm's Law 46-86 FORMATION OF WORDS- CHAPTER V .. Radical and Formative Elements.
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... assimilation ' to a neighbouring sound , where the concurrence of two dissimilar sounds causes difficulty of pronunciation ; ( iv ) in ' dissimilation , ' where the concurrence of two similar sounds causes a like difficulty . We may ...
... assimilation ' to a neighbouring sound , where the concurrence of two dissimilar sounds causes difficulty of pronunciation ; ( iv ) in ' dissimilation , ' where the concurrence of two similar sounds causes a like difficulty . We may ...
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... assimilating itself tol and producing the terminations -ello , -ollo , -illo , -ullo , e . g . ocellus ( = ocululus ) , libellus ( = liberulus ) , asellus ( asinulus ) , homullus ( homonulus ) , corolla ( coronula ) , bacillus ...
... assimilating itself tol and producing the terminations -ello , -ollo , -illo , -ullo , e . g . ocellus ( = ocululus ) , libellus ( = liberulus ) , asellus ( asinulus ) , homullus ( homonulus ) , corolla ( coronula ) , bacillus ...
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... Assimilation of Vowels : ( 1 ) by Consonants , through Vowel- their phonetic relationship to particular vowels ( see above ) . Assimila- a , the fullest and most independent vowel sound , is subject to no such influence . It passes into ...
... Assimilation of Vowels : ( 1 ) by Consonants , through Vowel- their phonetic relationship to particular vowels ( see above ) . Assimila- a , the fullest and most independent vowel sound , is subject to no such influence . It passes into ...
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... assimilation , so much as of the absence of any assi- milating tendency which would retain the vowel at an earlier stage of decline . It seems however to have a certain affinity for dental sounds ; e.g. before n in machina , bal ( i ) ...
... assimilation , so much as of the absence of any assi- milating tendency which would retain the vowel at an earlier stage of decline . It seems however to have a certain affinity for dental sounds ; e.g. before n in machina , bal ( i ) ...
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