Thrusday ppt 2 Flashcards

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Apheresis

A

ommission of sound from the beginning of a word

ex: ‘cept for except

‘cause for because

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Syncope

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ommision of sound from within a word.

ex:

“bizness” for buisness

“govment” for government

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Apocope

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Omission of sound from the end of a word

ex: gonna for going

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VOice Assimilation

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making a sound more like the sounds surrounding it through voicing.

ex: budder for butter

mudder for mutter

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5
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Place Assimilation

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Chaning the place a sound is made

ex: grandma becomes gramma

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Dissimilation

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Changing a sound to make it less like those around it.

Puntit for Pundit

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Gemination

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Eliminating a difficult-to-pronounce sequence of sounds resulting from adding a prefix to a base by dropping the final consonant of the prefix and doubling the first letter of the base.

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Metathesis

A

reversalof sounds within a word

prettybecome purty

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Epenthesis

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addition of sound within a word

athlete becomes athelete

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Epithesis

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addition of sound at the end of a word

across becomes acrosst

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Gradation

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a chenge in sound resulting form a shift in stress

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