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Syllable Structure Patterns
Examples of All Patterns
Sound Substitution Patterns
Simplification Patterns
Phonological Simplification Patterns
100

This is the removal of the unstressed syllable in a multi-syllabic word. 

What is Syllable Deletion?
100

"Telephone" becomes [tɛlfon].

What is Syllable Deletion?
100
This is the replacement of fricatives, affricates, liquids, or glides with a stop. 
What is Stopping?
100
Syllable Structure Patterns, Sound Substitution Patterns, and Assimilation Patterns. 
What are the 3 major types of simplification patterns?
100
This is the replacing of a fricative with an affricate.
Affrication
200
This is the repetition of the first syllable in a multi-syllabic word. 
What is Reduplication?
200
"Shoot" becomes [sut] or [tut].
What is Depalatalization?
200
This is a sound change in which a strident consonant is either omitted or replaced with a non-strident consonant.
What is Stridency Deletion?
200
The substitution of different features or classes of sounds when phonetic context of a word does not impact error. 
What is Sound Substitution Patterns?
200
This is a change when labial sounds replace inter-dental or alveolar obstruents. 
What is Labialization?
300
This is the removal of the final consonant, leaving an open syllable. 
What is Final Consonant Deletion?
300
"Skate" becomes [ket].
What is Cluster Reduction?
300
This is the replacement of back-of-the-mouth sounds with alveolar stops. 
What is Fronting?
300
Phonological Simplification Patterns fall under this pattern. 
What is Sound Substitution Patterns?
300
This is a sound change in which front-of-the-mouth consonants are replaced with velars and glottals. 
What is Backing?
400
This is the removal (partial or total) of a consonant cluster.
What is Cluster Deletion/Reduction?
400
"Team" becomes [im].
What is Initial Consonant Deletion?
400
This is when syllabic liquids or rhotic dipthongs are replaced with vowels. 
What is Vowelization?
400
The alteration of syllables. 
What is Syllable Structure Patterns?
400
This is the reversal of the position of two sounds. 
What is Metathesis?
500
This is the addition of a vowel into a consonant cluster.
What is Epenthesis?
500
"Take" becomes [dek].
What is Prevocalic Voicing?
500
This is the replacement of an affricate with a stop or a fricative. 
What is Deaffrication?
500
When sounds become more alike.
What is Assimilation Patterns?
500
This is the combination of 2 adjacent segments into one segment with features from both original segments. 
What is Coalescence?