English

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’).

English

Alternative forms

• yod-coalescence
• Yod coalescence
• Yod Coalescence

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].

See also

• iotation
• palatalization