Child Language Acquisition, Phonology, Early Mistakes in Sounding Words

Question 1

What is Addition?

Answer 1

The child add something completely new into the pronunciation. For example, ‘cat-o’ (cat+o).

There is a process of addition called diminutisation where a child adds a ‘y’ onto the end of words to make them diminutives. For example, ‘doggy’.

Question 2

What is Deletion?

Answer 2

The child removes a sound from the word altogether. For example, ‘ca’ (instead of cat).

Question 3

What is Consonant Cluster Reduction?

Answer 3

The child removes some consonant sounds from the word. For example, ‘ra-it’ instead of ‘rabbit’.

Question 4

What is Substitution?

Answer 4

The child substitutes an easier phoneme in place of an easier one. For example, ‘loghurt’ instead of ‘yoghurt’.

Question 5

What is Assimilation?

Answer 5

The child uses a sound from earlier or later in the word as it is easier to say. For example, ‘lellow’ instead of ‘yellow’.

Question 6

What is Reduplication?

Answer 6

Where a syllable in the word is repeated. For example, ‘wee wee’.

Question 7

What is Metathesis?

Answer 7

When sounds in a word are swapped around. For example, ‘relevant’ becomes ‘revelant’