Simplifications of Pronouciation Flashcards
The two main types of simplification processes
- Substitution process
2. Syllable structure process
Substitution process
involve substitution one sound segment for another
Types of substitution processes
Stopping
Fronting
Gliding
Vocalization
Stopping
fricative consonant replaced by a stop consonant
stops are easier for children to pronouce than fricatives.
they do try to keep the articulation as similar as possible
Example of Stopping
Zoo -> Doo
Fronting
back consonants (either velars or palatals) are replaced with ones which are produced further forward in the mouth, such as alveolars
Example of Fronting
shoe -> su
goat -> doat
Gliding
liquid sounds (‘l’ or ‘r’) are replaced with glides (‘w’ or ‘j’)
Examples of Gliding
leg -> jeg
rabbit -> wabbit
Vocalization
a vowel replaces a consonant
Examples of Vocalization
apple -> apo
bottom -> botu
Syllable structure process
a sound will either be added or removed
or the structure of the syllable will be altered
Preferable pattern that children like
CVCV - consonant follwed by a vowel… etc
Types of syllable structure processes
Consonant cluster reduction Vowel epenthesis Deletion of final consonant Syllable deletion Reduplication
Consonant cluster reduction
consonants are simply deleted from the word
Examples of consonant cluster reduction
plastic -> patic
Vowel epenthesis
addition of a vowel to separate consonants
Examples of vowel epenthesis
blue -> belu
Deletion of final consonants
the last consonant in the word is removed
Examples of deletion of final consonants
bike -> bai
Syllable deletion
deletion of an understressed syllable
Examples of syllable deletion
banana -> nana
Reduplication
in multi-syllabic words the child will repeat the CV syllable
Examples of reduplication
bottle -> bobo
