regressive assimilation


nounPhonetics.
  1. assimilation in which a following sound has an effect on a preceding one, as in pronouncing have in have to as [haf], /hæf/, influenced by the voiceless (t) in to.

Origin of regressive assimilation

1
First recorded in 1885–90
  • Also called anticipatory assimilation.

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