Name that Phonological Process/Pattern
A child says "fi" for "fish"
What is Final Consonant Deletion?
This process occurs when a sound becomes more similar to a neighboring sound in place, manner, or voicing.
What is Assimilation?
Target: “The frog sleeps in the grass.”
Child: “Da fog seep in da gass.”
How many different phonological processes are observed in this sample?
What is 3? or What is Three?
The /p/ sound in "pie" and "spin" is an example of a contrastive or noncontrastive sound.
What is noncontrastive sound?
Based on the provided sample below,
Target words: cat, dog, fish, spoon, plate
Child productions: “ca, gog, fi, poon, pate”
Which phonological process occurs least frequently?
What is Backing?
A child says "pane" for "plane"
What is Cluster Reduction?
This term refers to systematic, rule-governed sound patterns in a child’s speech rather than random errors.
What are Phonological Processes?
Target: “The boy is playing with a car and clapping his hands.”
Child: “The boy is pwaying wi a ar and cuhlapping his hand.”
Identify all phonological process(es)/pattern(s) present.
What are (gliding, final consonant deletion, initial consonant deletion, and epenthesis)?
"cheap" and "sheep" is an example of a...
What is minimal pair?
Target: “The blue plane is fast.”
Child: “The boo pane is fas.”
How many different phonological processes are observed?
What is two or 2?
A child says "wawa" for "water"
What is reduplication?
This phonological process involves replacing a liquid (/r/ or /l/) with a glide (/w/ or /j/).
What is Gliding?
Target: “The blue plane is fast.”
Child: “Da boo pane is fas.”
Identify all phonological processes present.
What are stopping, cluster reduction, and final consonant deletion?
"sip" and "slip" are an example of a ...
What is not a minimal pair?
Based on the provided sample below,
Target words: cat, dog, fish, spoon, plate
Child productions: “ca, gog, fi, poon, pate”
Which phonological process(es)/pattern(s) occur most frequently?
What is Cluster Reduction and Final Consonant Deletion?
A child says "Siwwy wabbit twicks are for kids"
What is gliding?
This process involves deletion of an unstressed syllable in a multisyllabic word.
What is weak syllable deletion?
Target: “I like trains and trucks.”
Child: “I yike tains an tucks.”
Identify all phonological processes/patterns present.
What are gliding, cluster reduction, and final consonant deletion?
An initial consonant deletion is considered to be...
What is an atypical phonological process/pattern?
Target: “I like trains, elephants and trucks.”
Child: “I yike tains, eluhphants an tucks.”
How many different phonological processes are present?
What is four or 4?
A child says "puhlease"
What is Epenthesis?
Guidelines that describe how sounds interact and change in different environments
What are phonological rules?
Target words: tree, car, two, spoon
Child: “tee, tar, two, poon”
Identify all phonological processes present.
What are cluster reduction and fronting?
The /k/ sound in "cat" and "skate" is an example of a contrastive or noncontrastive sound.
What is noncontrastive sound?
Based on the provided sample below,
Target words: cat, dog, fish, spoon, plate, map, tap, stop, clap, mop
Child productions: “ca, gog, fi, poon, pate, ma, ta, stop, cap, mop”
How many total phonological processes are observed (counting repetitions)?
What is 8 or what is eight?