CONSONANT HARMONY Definition: A target consonant assumes the place of articulation of a trigger consonant across an intervening vowel.
NB: This sub-section discusses Velar Harmony which is a particular type of Consonant Harmony. Velar harmony process Alveolars are particularly susceptible to harmony. Here is another example. tick…
NB: This sub-section discusses Labial Harmony which is a particular type of Consonant Harmony. Labial harmony process As well as velars functioning as triggers, labials can also act as triggers. When a labial consonant triggers the assimilation of a target consonant then this is known as…
VOICING CHANGE Definition: Replacing voiceless consonants with voiced consonants and voiced consonants with voiceless consonants.
FEATURE SYNTHESIS Definition: Combining the features of two segments to yield a single different segment.
Clusters are often simplified by the process of feature synthesis. This occurs when the phonetic characteristics of one segment of the cluster are combined with the phonetic characteristics of the other segment, thereby yielding just one new single segment. Consider the following. …
The phonological structural simplifications and systemic simplifications discussed in PHONOLOGY 101 are listed in Table 15. Table 15. Phonological simplifying processes. Table 16 provides summary definitions of each structural process, with examples, and Table 17 presents summary definitions…
The phonological simplifying processes described in PHONOLOGY 101 should serve to illustrate that many of the ‘mistakes’ children make are not really errors at all. In fact, the majority of children are still using some phonological simplifying processes up to the age of 5;00 years, and some even…
