Phonological Processes

Examples

Descriptions

Pre-vocalic voicing

car = gar

A voiceless sound preceding a vowel is substituted 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 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

Unstressed syllables are deleted from words of more than one syllable.

Cluster reduction

try = ty

A cluster element is replaced or deleted.

Gliding of liquids

ladder = wadder

Liquids are replaced by glides.

Stopping

ship = tip

A stop consonant replaces a fricative or affricate.