试题题干
Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the ANSWER SHEET. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.
Instead of inlegal, the negative form of legal, we all know is illegal, as the [n] sound is assimilated to [l].
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试题解析
本题考查语音的同化规则。
同化规则指的是一个语音受相邻的语音的影响，从而“复制”了另外一个语音的某种特征，使得两者发音非常相似。比如：在单词illegal中，[n]音被[l]音同化了。
所以题干说legal的否定形式为illegal而不是inlegal，是因为[n]音被[l]音同化了，这种说法正确。