Yod coalescence

Yod coalescence (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yod coalescence
   • 1990, Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, “Phonostylistics and Second Language Acquisition”, in 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., editors, A Handbook of Varieties of English, volume 1, Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, 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, page 148:

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