Articulation, phonology, and phonological processes Flashcards
What are distinctive features?
most basic unit of phonological structures which can be analyzed
What is phonology?
study of a system that is based on rules which govern how sounds are produced to make meaningful words.
What is derhotacization?
a type of deletion in which the /r/ sound is deleted from a vowel combination and only the original vowel sound is left
/pak It/ instead of /park It/ is an example of which phonological process?
derhotacization
What is epenthesis?
a type of structural simplication in which a child adds one or more sounds to a word, particularly to the interior of it; e.g. “bu-lue” for blue
What is diminutization?
a type of structural simplication in which a child adds an /i/ sound to a word to diminutize it within their environment; e.g. add /i/ to the end of “couch” to say “couchie”
What is metathesis?
a substitution error - a systemic simplication - in which two sounds or syllables are rearranged in a word. For example, instead of saying “spaghetti”, a child says “pasgheti”
What is consonant harmony?
an assimilation error in which a child repeats a consonant more than once in a word, e.g. “bab” for “Bath”.
What is vowel harmony?
an assimilation error in which a child repeats a vowel sound that is already present in the word; for example, “pototo” instead of “potato”
What is coalescence?
a phonological error in which a child reduces a cluster to a new sound by taking distinctive features of each consonant in the cluster. For example, “foon” for “spoon”
What are phonological processes?
a technique children use to simplify speech sounds; it is not random and is rule-based and systematic
What is articulation?
motor production of speech sounds which are used to produce words in language
