Common Syllable structure processes

Question 1

Weak syllable deletion

Answer 1

Common syllable structure process
Omission of an unstressed syllable in a disyllabic or polysyllabic word. The most vulnerable weak syllables are pre-tonic syllables, because they occur before stressed syllables in words (e.g., potato → tato)
Omitting weak syllables after stressed syllables is called post tonic weak syllable deletion (eg telephone  te-phone)

Question 2

Reduplication

Answer 2

Common syllable structure process
Repetition of (usually the first) syllable in a disyllabic or polysyllabic word.
Complete reduplication – entire syllable repeated (e.g., messy → meme)
Partial reduplication – part of syllable repeated (eg messy –> memy

Question 3

Final consonant deletion

Answer 3

Common syllable structure process
Deletion of a consonant in syllable-final, word-final position (e.g., /sit/ → [si]). Some children might omit all final consonants, while others might only omit one or more classes of consonants, such as nasals, plosives, fricatives, affricates, or clusters.

Question 4

Initial consonant deletion

Answer 4

RARE syllable structure process
Deletion of the initial consonant in syllable-initial word-initial position
(e.g., song → ong; feet –> eet). This process is uncommon and atypical in English, but common and typical in some other languages

Question 5

Cluster Reduction

Answer 5

Common syllable structure process
Deletion of consonant in a cluster. Clusters may be reduced in word-initial position from three to two, three to one, or two to one consonants (e.g., splash –> plash)