The ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic of uzbekistan

 [
tra
ɪ
]
, the principal variants of the phonemes 
[w], [l], [r]
are replaced by their partly devoiced variants, while their main phonemic features are 
retained. 
The degree of assimilation is said to be 
intermediate
between complete and partial 
when the assimilated consonant changes into a different sound, but does not coincide with 
the assimilating consonant. Examples of intermediate assimilation are: 
gooseberry
 
[
ˈ
ɡ
uzb
ə
r
ɪ
]
, where [
s
] in 
goose
 
[
ɡ
u:s
] is replaced by [
z
] under the influence of [
b
] in 
berry
, 
congress
 
[ 
ˈ
k

ŋɡ
res
], where [
n
] is replaced by [
ŋ
] under the influence of [
ɡ
]. 
In 
That’s all right
[
'
ðæ
ts
 
'
ɔ
:l
 
ra
ɪ
t
] [
s
] has replaced [
z
] under the influence of preceding [t]. 
In 
handkerchief
 
[
'
h
æ
ŋk
əʧɪ
f
] there are two assimilations: complete and intermediate. The 

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change of [
d
] into [
n
] is an instance of complete assimilation, the subsequent change of [n] 
into [
ŋ
] under the influence of [k] is an instance of intermediate assimilation.
Assimilation may be of three types as far as its direction is concerned: