Phonological Processes Examples

Question 1

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sun becomes tun
puff becomes pup
thumb becomes dun

Answer 1

Stopping

Question 2

Lock becomes wock
red becomes yed
blue becomes bwue

Answer 2

Gliding

Question 3

bike becomes bite
go becomes doh
ring becomes rin

Answer 3

Fronting

Question 4

Eagle becomes eago
flower becomes flowou
fork becomes fo-ouk

Answer 4

Vowelization/ vocalization

Question 5

witch becomes wish
jeep becomes beep

Answer 5

Deafrication

Question 6

because becomes cause
camera becomes camra

Answer 6

Weak syllable deletion

Question 7

cat becomes ca
phone becomes ph

Answer 7

final consonant deletion

Question 8

bottle becomes baba
water becomes wawa

Answer 8

Reduplication

Question 9

smoke becomes moke
green becomes geen
hats becomes hat
black becomes back

Answer 9

consonant cluster reduction

Question 10

what becomes wap
pen becomes peb
moss becomes mob
fight becomes fipe

Answer 10

Labial Assimilation

Question 11

soup becomes suit
note becomes dote
house becomes zouse

Answer 11

Alveolar assimilation

Question 12

cup becomes cug
goat becomes goak
peek becomes keek

Answer 12

Velar Assimilation

Question 13

time becomes dime
cheap becomes jeep
happy becomes happy

Answer 13

prevocalic voicing

Question 14

toys (z) becomes toy (s)
pig becomes pick
day becomes tay

Answer 14

Devoicing

Question 15

tea becomes key
zoo becomes goo
hat becomes hack

Answer 15

Backing

Question 16

lip becomes ip
gum becomes um

Answer 16

Initial consonant deletion

Question 17

happy becomes haʔp
bike becomes biʔ

Answer 17

glottal replacement