See also syncope and aphaeresis . The point of production of the various segment s in the oral cavity. The process by which a sound becomes similar to another sound by its influence. The process is demonstrated by the word assimilation itself. The d of the prefix has become assimilated to the s of the initial consonant of the root.
Assimilation can be progressive or regressive , distant or contact.
The creation by analogy of a new word from an existing word on the false assumption that the existing word is a derivative of the new word. A morpheme which never occurs alone, but is attached to other morphemes. M d chen , inflectional endings, etc. A process of using native elements to express a foreign term. The native elements match the meanings and structure of the foreign terms.