Phonological Processes

Posted by : Unknown Minggu, 23 November 2014

Table 2
Phonological Processes in Typical Speech Development

Phonological Process	Example	Description
Pre-vocalic voicing	car = gar	A voiceless sound preceding a vowel is replaced by a voiced sound.
Word final devoicing	red = ret	A final voiced consonant is replaced by a voiceless consonant
Final consonant deletion	boat = bo	A final consonant is omitted (deleted) from a word.
Velar fronting	car = tar	A back sound is replaced by a front sound.
Palatal fronting	ship = sip	sh or zh are replaced b y s or z respectively
Consonant harmony	cup = pup	The pronunciation of a word is influenced by one of the sounds it 'should' contain.
Weak syllable deletion	telephone = teffone	Weak (unstressed) syllables are deleted from words of more than one syllable.
Cluster reduction	try = ty	A cluster element is deleted or replaced.
Gliding of liquids	ladder = wadder	Liquids are replaced by glides.
Stopping	ship = tip	A stop consonant replaces a fricative or affricate.