不ふ同どう化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

nonassimilation

Technical term in linguistics and phonology referring to the absence of assimilation, where adjacent sounds do not become similar. Used as a noun or with する to describe a process or state.

• この方ほう言げんでは、母ぼ音いんの不ふ同どう化かが特とく徴ちょう的てきだ。

  In this dialect, vowel nonassimilation is characteristic.

• 音おん声せい学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで、子し音いんの不ふ同どう化かについて学まなんだ。

  In phonetics class, we learned about consonant nonassimilation.