But the becomes bə ðə what name is this process?

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what do we call this process ?

But the ------- bə ðə

But by ------- bə baɪ
 
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No, I mean when we pronounce these two words together as bə ðə ????
 

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My understanding of elision and assimilation is that they are two different things. Thus, for example, /t/ is frequently elided (or dropped) in next week: /neks wiːk/, and assimilated (or modified) to /p/ in that boy:/ðæpbɔ[FONT=&quot]I/[/FONT]

In my own dialect, Southern English RP, I would say that the /t/ in but the assimilates to a glottal stop, /ʔ/
 
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