Phonetics & Phonology - Connected Speech Processes

Question 1

Adding a sound, e.g. Athlete→Athalete.

Answer 1

Insertion

Question 2

Removing a sound, e.g. Fifth→Fith.

Answer 2

Ellision

Question 3

Borrowing properties such as place of or manner of articulation of neighbouring sounds, e.g Pancake→Pangcake.

Answer 3

Assimilation

Question 4

Reducing unstressed vowels, usually to /ɘ/, e.g. And→n.

Answer 4

Vowel Reduction