Labial Assimlation
on-labial sound changed to a labial
broad
braUd
cooing and gooing is a part of what stage?
Stage 2 (2-4 months)
Phonetics
Study of speech sounds and their production
Epenthesis
insertion of a segment, usually the unstressed /\/, and usually in order
to simplify a consonant cluster
narrow
nEro
what stage is jargon?
Stage 5 (10+ months)
voiced palatal affricate
/dZ/
Phoneme
Abstract speech sound that establishes meaning
Fronting
velar consonants are replaced by consonants produced at a more
forward (anterior) place of articulation, usually alveolar.
existing
EgziStIN
What stage is vocal play?
Stage 3 (4-6 months)
voiceless palatal fricative
/S/
Phonotatics
acceptability of sounds and sequences of sound in a language
Gliding of Liquids
prevocalic liquids are replaced by glides:
telepathic
tElEpATIk
What stage is reflexive crying?
Stage 1 (birth- 2 months)
Voiceless Glottal
/h/
Morpheme
Minimal unit of meaning
Metathesis
transposition or reversal of two sounds in a word: basket – bAks\t,
spaghetti
elaborate
ElaboRet
What stage is babbling?
Stage 4 (6-8 months)
What consonant has two placements?
/w/
Morphophonemics
Interactions between morphemes and phonemes