Phonological change

Question 1

Fricatives

Answer 1

are sounds made by partially interrupting the passage of air from the mouth

Question 2

In the 18th century

Answer 2

8, two fricatives, Sh & H didn’t have partners

Question 3

Sh partner

Answer 3

the new sound szh came from borrowing French words like beige and genre and from a new pronunciation of English words like pleasure, treasure which were once pronounced as if they ended in -zer

Question 4

Lexical diffusion process

Answer 4

1. the new pronunciation starts small
2. a limited amount of people would use it
3. the new pronunciation ousts the old as more and more people consistently use it
4. most people barely notice anything has changed

Question 5

Example

Answer 5

the ‘schwa’ being dropped: words like nursery, factory are often pronounced as if there were no last vowel at all

Question 6

Examples

Answer 6

Glottal stops, dropping the -h sound ‘ouse’