Key terms Flashcards
1
Q
vowel harmony
A
making all vowels in the word the same
2
Q
consonant harmony
A
making all consonants sound the same or alike
3
Q
cluster reduction
A
when 2 or more consonants next to eachother are removed
4
Q
substitution
A
swap difficult sounds for easier ones
5
Q
syllable deletion
A
syllable is deleted
6
Q
reduplication
A
repeat the same syllable
7
Q
th - fronting
A
substituting ‘th’ for an ‘f’
8
Q
th - stopping
A
substituting ‘th’ for ‘d’
9
Q
Under-extension
A
- child knows a word but only applies it to something that they know
- dog is only for one dog
10
Q
over-extension
A
- child knows a word but over-extends it beyond its meaning
- every fruit may be a banana
11
Q
hypernym
A
general words
- furniture
12
Q
hyponym
A
specific words
- chair
13
Q
overgeneralisation
A
- adding suffixes when not needed
14
Q
derivational morphology
A
change meaning or word class
15
Q
inflectional morphology
A
change tense or plurality
