Adding an extra vowel sound to create a CVCV structure horse because horsey dog becomes doggie
1 of 7
Deletion
Leaving out the last consonant of a word, so a word like mouse becomes mou cat would become ca pig would be pi
2 of 7
Reduplication
The repetition of particular sounds and structures choochoo weewee
3 of 7
Substitution
One sound is swapped for another, easier sound rabbit becomes wabbit sing becomes ting
4 of 7
Constant cluster reduction
Children find it difficult to produce consonant clusters - groups of two or more consonants - so will reduce them to smaller units dry becomes dai frog becomes fog
5 of 7
Deletion of unstressed syllables
The removal of an entire unstressed syllable from a word banana becomes nana pyjamas because jamas protending becomes tending
6 of 7
Assimilation
The process in which substitution occures but the sound changes because of other sounds around it e.g a sound is substituted with one that is closer to others in the word so it is easier pronounce
Comments
No comments have yet been made