Matakuliah : G0332/English Phonology
Tahun
: 2007
Phonetic Process
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Phonetic Process
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Assimilation: A phonetic process by which one speech
sound comes to resemble or become identical with a
neighboring sound between words or within a word. For
example, in words like letter, butter, there is a tendency
to to voice /t/ as /d/.
Metathesis : a transposition of speech sound. For
example: if a person says tradegy instead of tragedy.
Metathesis has been responsible for changing
pronunciations and spelling. As examples, look up the
etymology of these words: bird, third, grass, dirt.
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Bina Nusantara
Phonetic Process
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Epenthesis: the insertion of an extra consonant within
a word, such as the /p/ in something or /t/ in sense.
- after /m/ , the sound /p/ may occur before voiceless
consonant /t/,/f/,/s/,/ɵ /, /ʃ / .
Epithesis: the addition of an extra consonant to the end
of a word. It occurs after a final /n/ or /s/.
Exercise: find the etymology of these words: lend,
bound, against, midst, amongst.
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Bina Nusantara
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Bina Nusantara
Syncope: the loss of sound at the middle of a word.
Apocope: the loss of sound at the end of a word.
Often, the loss of sound occurs in unstressed syllables,
and frequently involves a vowel next to /r/.