English Explanatory Dictionary

Yorkshire assimilation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of assimilation associated with the English spoken in Yorkshire, England, where a final voiced obstruent preceding an initial voiceless obstruent is devoiced.

Word forms

Yorkshire assimilation
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