Articulatory Processes

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Articulatory Processes
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The Most Common Processes

• Assimilation
• Dissimilation
• Deletion
• Epenthesis
• Metathesis
• Vowel reduction

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Assimilation Two sounds becoming more alike

• Regressive Assimilation
• Assimilation in which a sound influences the
  preceding segment.
• E.g. indefinite, impossible, incomplete
• Progressive Assimilation
• Assimilation in which a sound influences the
  following segment.
• E.g. books, bags

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-z or -s

1. Bananas
2. Grapes
3. Lemons
4. Cookies
5. Cakes
6. Tarts
7. Potatoes
8. Carrots

1. -z
2. -s
3. -z
4. -z
5. -s
6. -s
7. -z
8. -s

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-d, -t, or -id

1. Studied
2. Kicked
3. Eliminated
4. Erased
5. Looked
6. Typed
7. Measured
8. Surrounded

1. -d
2. -t
3. -id
4. -d
5. -t
6. -t
7. -d
8. -id

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DissimilationTwo Sounds Becoming Less Alike

• Fifths f ? f ? s ? f ? f t s
• Three fricatives ? fricativestopfricative

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Deletion

• A process that removes a segment from certain
  phonetic context.
• In English, a schwa ? is often deleted when the
  next vowel in the word is stressed.
• suppose s?p??z ? sp??z

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Epenthesis

• A process that inserts a segment into a
  particular environment.
• For example
• (in careful speech) something is pronounced
• s?mp??? instead of s?m???

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Metathesis

• A process that reorders a sequence of segments
• For example
• Brid (Old English) ? Bird (Modern English)

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Vowel Reduction

• The articulation of a vowel moves to a more
  central position when the vowel is unstressed.
• For example
• considerate vs. consideration

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P.67, Question 15, a-h

• a. Assimilation
• b. Assimilation
• c. Deletion
• d. Deletion
• e. Epenthesis
• f. Deletion
• g. Deletion
• h. Metathesis

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Thats All For Today

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Deny A. Kwary www.kwary.net