Child Language (Phonological Development)

Addition

Adding an extra vowel sound to create a cucu structure e.g. Doll --> Dolly (eeeee sound)

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Deletion

Leaving out the last consonant of a word e.g. Mouse --> Mou (sssss sound)

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Reduplication

The repetition of particular sounds e.g. Da --> Dada

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Substitution

One sound is swapped for another easier sound e.g. Kitten --> Kitty (the 'eeee' sound is easier to pronounce than the 'en' sound)

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Consonant cluster reduction

Children reduce two or more consonants to smaller units e.g. Grow --> Go

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Deletion of unstressed syllables

The removal of an entire unstressed syllable e.g. Remember --> Member (getting rid of the the 're')

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Assimilation

When substitution occurs but the sound changes because of other sounds around it e.g. Rabbit --> Babbit (the 'it' sound doesn't change'

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Segmentation

Speech segmentation is the process of identifying the boundaries between words, syllables, or phonemes in spoken natural languages

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Deletion

Leaving out the last consonant of a word e.g. Mouse --> Mou (sssss sound)

Reduplication

Substitution

Consonant cluster reduction

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