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. |