💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Regressive assimilation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| right-to-left assimilationnoun | (phonetics) Synonym of regressive assimilation. |
| left-to-right assimilationnoun | (phonetics) Synonym of progressive assimilation. |
| assimilationnoun | The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated. |
| anticipatory assimilationnoun | Synonym of regressive assimilation. |
| transphonologizationnoun | (phonology) A type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature. |
| alveolarizationnoun | (anatomy) The formation of alveoli. |
| language assimilationnoun | (linguistics) Synonym of language shift. |
| reassimilationnoun | A second or subsequent assimilation |
| re-etymologizationnoun | (linguistics) Modification of a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis. |
| deassimilationnoun | The process of deassimilating. |
| rephonemicizationnoun | The process or result of rephonemicizing. |
| nativizationnoun | (linguistics) The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment. |
| rephonologizationnoun | (phonology) Synonym of transphonologization. |
| resyllabificationnoun | (phonology) The process or result of resyllabifying. |
| cheshirizationnoun | (phonology, rare) Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature”). |
| obliterative assimilationnoun | The assimilation of new knowledge that causes changes to one's existing mental framework for organizing that knowledge. |
| transphonologisationnoun | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of transphonologization. [(phonology) A type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature.] |
| superjumpnoun | An extremely large or powerful jump. |
| perintegrationnoun | (linguistics) A secondary interpretation or analysis of the morphemic structure of a word, allowing its reinterpretation or a transfer of morphemic boundaries. |
| registrogenesisnoun | (linguistics) The process in which a language that lacks pitch registers gains them. |
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