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  2. Assimilation (phonology) - Wikipedia

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    Assimilation is a sound change in which some phonemes (typically consonants or vowels) change to become more similar to other nearby sounds. A common type of phonological process across languages, assimilation can occur either within a word or between words. It occurs in normal speech but becomes more common in more rapid speech.

  3. Co-cultural communication theory - Wikipedia

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    Assimilation, as per the co-cultural communication theory, pertains to the phenomenon whereby individuals or groups from co-cultural backgrounds adopt the dominant culture's norms, values, behaviors, and communication patterns. This assimilation typically transpires due to the aspiration to conform to the mainstream culture, gain acceptance ...

  4. Phonological rule - Wikipedia

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    A phonological rule is a formal way of expressing a systematic phonological or morphophonological process in linguistics.Phonological rules are commonly used in generative phonology as a notation to capture sound-related operations and computations the human brain performs when producing or comprehending spoken language.

  5. Sound change - Wikipedia

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    In historical linguistics, a sound change is a change in the pronunciation of a language. A sound change can involve the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature value) by a different one (called phonetic change) or a more general change to the speech sounds that exist (phonological change), such as the merger of two sounds or the creation of a new sound.

  6. Vowel harmony - Wikipedia

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    In other words, harmony refers to the assimilation of sounds that are not adjacent to each other. For example, a vowel at the beginning of a word can trigger assimilation in a vowel at the end of a word. The assimilation occurs across the entire word in many languages. This is represented schematically in the following diagram:

  7. American Sign Language phonology - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Other models consider movement as redundant, as it is predictable from the locations, hand orientations and handshape features at the start and end of a sign. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Models in which movement is a prime usually distinguish path movement (i.e. movement of the hand[s] through space) and internal movement (i.e. an opening or closing ...

  8. Intercultural communication - Wikipedia

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    Intercultural communication is a discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication.It describes the wide range of communication processes and problems that naturally appear within an organization or social context made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds.

  9. Assimilation - Wikipedia

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    Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs . Language shift, also known as language assimilation, the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language