Phonological patterns Flashcards
denasalization:
changing a ?
example
likely age of disappearence
changing a nasal consonant to non nasal
mat → /bæt/
2.6
Assimilation:
changing a phoneme so it takes on a ?
example
age of disappearence
characteristic of another sound in the word
cat → /tæt/
3
Affrication:
substituting an ?
example
age of disappearence
affricate for a non affricate
sheep → /tʃip/
3
Final consonant deletion:
age of disappearence
3
Fronting of initial velar singles:
substituting a ?
example
age of disappearence
front sound for a back sound
can → /tæn/
4
deaffricstion: replacing an affricate with a ?
example
age
contiuant or stop
chip → /sɪp/
4
Cluster reduction (without /s/)
omitting ?
example
age
one or more consonant sounds in sequence of consonants
grape → /gep/
4
Depalatalization of final singles
substituting a ? for a ? at the end of the word
nonpalatal for a palatal
dish → /dɪt/
4.6
depalatalization of initial singles
susbtituting a ? at the beginning of the word
example
age
nonpalatal for a palatal
shy → /taɪ/
5
alveolarization
substituting an ?
example
age
alveolar for non alveolar
chew → /tu/
5
alveolarization
substituting an ?
example
age
alveolar for non alveolar
chew → /tu/
5
Final consonant devoicing
substituting a ? for a ?
example
age
voiceless final consonant for a voiced consonant
bag → /bæk/
5
cluster reduction with /s/
omitting ? in ?
example
age
omitting /s/ in the initial
position of a cluster
step → /tɛp/
5
labialization
replacing a ? with a ?
example
age
replacing a nonlabial sound
with a labial sound
tan → /pæn/
6
Initial voicing:
substituting a ? for a ? before a vowel
example
age
substituting a voiced consonant
for a voiceless consonant before
a vowel
sun → /zʌn/
6
