Phonology

Question 1

What is Deletion?

Answer 1

Final consonants are dropped
bag to ba

Unstressed syllables are deleted
banana to nana

Consonant clusters are reduced
fish to fis

Question 2

What is Substitution?

Answer 2

Difficult sounds are replaced with easier ones
r to w
th to d/n/f

Question 3

What is Assimilation?

Answer 3

Sounds close together are made similar

yellow to lellow

Question 4

What is the Fish Phenomenon?

Answer 4

Berko and Brown(1960)

The child wouldn’t accept their own pronunciation of fish as fis because they could hear that it was wrong when it was repeated back to them

Question 5

What is the Football Results Test?

Answer 5

Cruttenden(1974)

intonation for the winning team allowed adults to easily predict which team won but children could not see the difference

Question 6

What is the letter R and what do children commonly replace it with?

Answer 6

The letter R is a ALVEOLAR APPROXIMANT and children commonly replace it with W a LABIAL APPROXIMANT

Question 7

What is the sound TH and what do children commonly replace it with?

Answer 7

The sound TH is a DENTAL FRICATIVE and children commonly replace it with T or D which are ALVEOLAR PLOSIVES