Orthographical and phonological change (spelling and sound)

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  • Created by: LivBarnes
  • Created on: 07-03-17 14:35
Homonyms
Same spelling/sound, different meaning eg'stalk
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Homophone
Same sound, different meaning/spelling eg; weight and wait
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Omission
Sounds disappear from words eg; waiting>wai(t)ing
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Assimilation
One sound becomes more like another eg: don't you
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Val speak
From California in the 80's/90's-rising fillers eg;like, totally
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Martha's vineyard
An island found by William Labov (local fisherman diverged to distinguish themselves)
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Estuary English
Dialect dervived form estuary of the Thames; used commonly to downplay ''privilege''
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Card 2

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Same sound, different meaning/spelling eg; weight and wait

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Homophone

Card 3

Front

Sounds disappear from words eg; waiting>wai(t)ing

Back

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Card 4

Front

One sound becomes more like another eg: don't you

Back

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Card 5

Front

From California in the 80's/90's-rising fillers eg;like, totally

Back

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