477 Gliding/Backing

Gliding and Backing
Phonological Processes

Multiple Choice

According to ASHA, Gliding is

• When liquids are replaced with glides

• affricates are replaced with glides

• When glides are replaced with liquids

• When you over enunciate phonemes

​Gliding is when liquids /l/ and /r/ are replaced with glides /w/ and /j/




The likely age of elimination for gliding is typically 5-7 years old

​Ex. "pway" for "play"

Multiple Choice

According to ASHA, Backing is

• fricatives and/or affricates are replaced with stop sounds

• sounds made in the back of the mouth are replaced with sounds made in the front of the mouth

• sounds made in the front of the mouth are replaced with sounds made in the back of the mouth

• when a consonant cluster is reduced to a single consonant

​Backing is when alveolar sounds like /t/,/s/, and /d/ are replaced with velar sounds like /k/ and /g/


Backing is an atypical process and is seen in more severe phonological disorders

​Ex. "cak" for "cat"

Multiple Choice

Gliding and Backing are

• Assimilation processes

• Syllable structure processes

• Omissions

• Substitution processes

​Quiz Time!

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"wabbit" for "rabbit" is an example of

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"buck" for "bus" is an example of

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"yeyo" for "yellow" is an example of

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"gog" for "dog" is an example of