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This article presents a comparative-typological analysis of the main articulatory processes – assimilation, dissimilation, and elision – in English, Uzbek, and German. The study examines the phonetic nature, direction, degree, and domains of these processes from the perspective of language typology (analytic, agglutinative, inflectional). The results show that, while all three languages are governed by the principles of speech economy and ease of articulation, with assimilation being dominant, its direction, completeness, and lexical/postlexical status differ significantly. Dissimilation is relatively rare and manifests primarily as historical change or dialectal feature. Elision, particularly in fast and informal speech, actively serves as an efficient sound deletion mechanism in all three languages. The comparative analysis substantiates that, despite universal tendencies, the typological structure of each language directly influences the frequency, direction, and functional load of these articulatory processes.
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