Midterm Review

What phonological pattern is exhibited when a child produces /gʌk/for “duck”

• Regressive assimilation

• Initial consonant deletion

• Velar fronting

• Weak syllable deletion

Do you feel that you had enough time to complete the last question?

• Yes -- plenty of time!

• Yes -- but barely!

• No -- a tiny bit more time would be helpful!

• Nowhere near enough time!

What phonological pattern is exhibited when a child produces /ɛl/ for “spell”?

• Cluster deletion

• Cluster reduction

• Initial consonant deletion

• Weak syllable deletion

TRUE/FALSE: Some dialects are more correct and logical, from a scientific point of view, than others.

• FALSE

• TRUE

What phonological patterns are exhibited when a child produces /’ɛ.tə/ for “Elsa”?

• Medial consonant deletion

• Stopping

• Weak syllable deletion

• Cluster reduction

What phonological patterns are exhibited when a child produces /wæf/ for “giraffe”?

• Weak syllable deletion

• Gliding

• Vocalization

• Cluster deletion

Complete the follow phrase accurately.

At birth, infants are able to:

• perceive differences in speech sounds that are not contrastive in the language in the surrounding environment, but may be contrastive in other languages.

• perceive differences in speech sounds that are contrastive in the language in the surrounding environment.

• perceive differences in speech sounds that are not actually there.

• perceive differences only in speech sounds that differ in terms of primary articulator used.

What phonological pattern is exhibited when a child produces /’tɪ.li/ for “chilly”?

• Deaffrication

• Depalatalization

• Cluster reduction

• Initial consonant deletion

What phonological pattern is exhibited when a child produces /bimz/ for “beans”?

• Progressive assimilation

• Regressive assimilation

• Denasalization

• Nasalization

What phonological pattern is exhibited when a child produces /’pi.wɪnz/ for “feelings”?

• Stopping

• Gliding

• Regressive assimilation

• Backing