Thrusday ppt 2 Flashcards
Apheresis
ommission of sound from the beginning of a word
ex: ‘cept for except
‘cause for because
Syncope
ommision of sound from within a word.
ex:
“bizness” for buisness
“govment” for government
Apocope
Omission of sound from the end of a word
ex: gonna for going
VOice Assimilation
making a sound more like the sounds surrounding it through voicing.
ex: budder for butter
mudder for mutter
Place Assimilation
Chaning the place a sound is made
ex: grandma becomes gramma
Dissimilation
Changing a sound to make it less like those around it.
Puntit for Pundit
Gemination
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.
Metathesis
reversalof sounds within a word
prettybecome purty
Epenthesis
addition of sound within a word
athlete becomes athelete
Epithesis
addition of sound at the end of a word
across becomes acrosst
Gradation
a chenge in sound resulting form a shift in stress