yod coalescence

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see also: Yod Coalescence, Yod coalescence

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Noun

yod coalescence (uncountable)

1. (phonology) A process in English phonology whereby the clusters [dj], [tj], [sj], and [zj] become [dʒ], [tʃ], [ʃ], and [ʒ], respectively, through mutual assimilation.
   • 1995, James M. Scobbie, "What Do We Do When Phonology is Powerful Enough to Imitate Phonetics? Comments on Zsiga", in Bruce Connell & Amalia Arvaniti (eds.), Phonology and Phonetic Evidence, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-48259-3, page 306:

     Some English dialects with /dj/ and /tj/ within a morpheme have gradient amounts of affrication, from [dj] in careful speech to extreme “yod coalescence” approximating [dʒ]….

   • 2006, J. C. Wells, "British English Pronunciation Preferences: A Changing Scene", in Kingsley Bolton & Braj B. Kachru (eds.), World Englishes, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-31506-9, page 236:

     In words such as nature this process is long complete; but there are many other words where this ‘yod coalescence’ is still variable.

   • 2011, Paul Skandera & Peter Burleigh, A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology, 2nd edition, Narr, ISBN 978-3-8233-6665-2, page 149:

     In the sequence would you, the female speaker uses yod coalescence: The alveolar plosive /d/ and the palatal approximant, /j/, merge to form the affricate [dʒ].

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Yod Coalescence

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Noun

yod coalescence (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yod coalescence
   • 1982, J. C. Wells, Accents of English 2: The British Isles, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-24224-X, page 331:

     Awareness of the fact that Yod Coalescence is somewhat stigmatized leads to hypercorrection in would-be elegant speech, with the use of [tj, dj] in place of [tʃ, dʒ] in words such as chew, June.

   • 2003, Ulrike Altendorf, Estuary English, Gunter Narr Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8233-6022-3, page 68:

     In this investigation, the linguistic context is restricted to /j/ after /t, d/ in stressed syllables within a word (e.g. tune, duke). This is the environment in which Yod Coalescence is not (yet) fully acceptable within RP.

   • 2011, Dania Jovanna Bonness, Estuary English in Norfampton? ↗, master's thesis, University of Bergen, page 12:

     EE speakers typically use Yod Coalescence in stressed syllables as in Tuesday [ˈtʃuːzdeɪ] or duke [ˈdʒuːk].

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Yod coalescence

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Noun

yod coalescence (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yod coalescence
   • 1990, Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, "Phonostylistics and Second Language Acquisition ↗", Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, volume 25, pages 76–77:

     As for the native speakers of English, the only phonostylistic processes all three of them applied…were the following: nasal assimilation in triumph and palatalization (“Yod coalescence”) in Tell me what you want.

   • 2004, Ulrike Altendorf & Dominic Watt, "The Dialects in the South of England: Phonology", in Edgar W. Schneider et al. (eds.), A Handbook of Varieties of English, volume 1, Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 3-11-017532-0, page 196:

     London and Southeastern English accents have variable Yod dropping and Yod coalescence.

   • 2008, David Levey, Language Change and Variation in Gibraltar, John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISBN 978-90-272-1862-9, page 148:

     However, what was somewhat surprising was the extended use of Yod coalescence in word-initial positions (e.g., ‘Tuesday’).

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