Phonological changes Flashcards
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Omission
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Where sounds disappear from words e.g. clipping the final consonant, or within the word (hanging= ‘anging, hangin’, han’ing)
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Hyper-correction
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An over-emphasis shift in linguistic register, usually when a speaker of a non-standard variety goes “too far” in trying to emulate the standard variety
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Assimilation
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Where the pronunciation of one phoneme is affected by the adjacent phoneme e.g. Don’t you = doncha
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The Great Vowel Shift
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Development in English phonology across the 15th/16th Century, sound of long vowels in English changed their places of articulation e.. monophthong in ‘house’ /u/ [hoos] to diphthong /au/ [house]
