Exam 1 Part 9 (Phonological Processes)

Question 1

giraffe /ʤəɹæf/→ [ɹæf]

Answer 1

Weak syllable deletion

Question 2

messy /mɛsi/ → [mɛmɛ]

Answer 2

Reduplication

Question 3

bus /bʌs/ → [bʌ]

Answer 3

Final consonant deletion

Question 4

please /pliz/ → [piz]

Answer 4

Cluster reduction

Question 5

spoon /spun/ → [fun]

Answer 5

Coalescence

Question 6

please /pliz/ → [pəliz]

Answer 6

Epenthesis

Question 7

dog /dɑɡ/ → [dɑɡi]

Answer 7

Diminutization

Question 8

ski /ski/ → [kis]

Answer 8

Migration

Question 9

spaghetti /spəɡɛti/ → [psəɡɛti]

Answer 9

Metathesis

Question 10

key /ki/ → [ti]

Answer 10

Velar fronting

Question 11

shoe /ʃu/ → [su]

Answer 11

Palatal fronting

Question 12

feet /fit/→ [pit]

Answer 12

Stopping of fricatives

Question 13

jam /ʤæm/ → [dæm]

Answer 13

Stopping of affricates

Question 14

jam /ʤæm/ → [ʒæm]

Answer 14

Deaffrication

Question 15

look /lʊk/→ [wʊk]

Answer 15

Gliding of liquids

Question 16

key /ki/ → [ɡi]

Answer 16

Context sensitive voicing

Question 17

cream /kɹim/ → [kwim]

Answer 17

Cluster simplification

Question 18

thumb /θʌm/ → [fʌm]

Answer 18

Fricative simplification

Question 19

thumb /θʌm/ → [sʌm]

Answer 19

Alveolarization

Question 20

apple /æpl/→ [æpʊ]

Answer 20

Vowelization

Question 21

sun /sʌn/ → [fʌn]

Answer 21

Labialization

Question 22

lamb /læm/ → [dæm]

Answer 22

Stopping of liquids