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Phonological processes are patterns of articulation that are developmentally appropriate in children learning to speak up until the ages listed below.
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Phonological processes are patterns of articulation that are developmentally appropriate in children learning to speak up until the ages listed below. Data from: Stoel-Gammon & Dunn (1985), Pena-Brooks & Hedge (2007), Bowen, C. (1998) Developmental phonological disorders. A practical guide for families and teachers. Melbourne: ACER Press
Initial Consonant Deletion Omitting first consonant (hat โ at) Consonant Cluster Deletion Omitting both consonants of a consonant cluster (stop โ op) Reduplication Repeating syllables (water โ wawa) Final Consonant Deletion Omitting a singleton consonant at the end of a word (nose โ no) Unstressed Syllable Deletion Omitting a weak syllable (banana โ nana) Affrication Substituting an affricate for a nonaffricate (sheep โ cheep) Stopping /f/ Substituting a stop for /f/ (fish โ tish) Assimilation Changing a phoneme so it takes on a characteristic of another sound (bed โ beb, yellow โ lellow) Velar Fronting Substituting a front sound for a back sound (cat โ tat, gum โ dum) Backing Substituting a back sound for a front sound (tap โ cap) Deaffrication Substituting an affricate with a continuant or stop (chip โ sip) Consonant Cluster Reduction (without /s/) Omitting one or more consonants in a sequence of consonants (grape โ gape) Depalatalization of Final Singles Substituting a nonpalatal for a palatal sound at the end of a word (dish โ dit) Stopping of /s/ Substituting a stop sound for /s/ (sap โ tap) Depalatalization of Initial Singles Substituting a nonpalatal for a palatal sound at the beginning of a word (shy โ ty) Consonant Cluster Reduction (with /s/) Omitting one or more consonants in a sequence of consonants (step โ tep) Alveolarization Substituting an alveolar for a nonalveolar sound (chew โ too) Final Consonant Devoicing Substituting a voiceless final consonant for a voiced consonant (bag โ back) Stopping voiceless โthโ Substituting a stop for voiceless โthโ (thing โ ting) Stopping voiced โthโ Substituting a stop for voiced โthโ (them โ dem) Metathesis/Transposition Transposing sounds within a word (because โ causebe) Gliding Substituting /w/ or /j/ for another consonant, such as /l/ or /r/ (run โ wun, lamp โ wamp) Epenthesis Adding a sound between two consonants (black โ balack)
Data from: North Inland SELPA 2007; Hodson, B.W. (1980). The assessment of phonological processes. Danville, IL.; Khan, L.M.L. (1982). A review of 16 major phonological processes. Language, Speech, and Hearing in Schools; 13, 77-85. Phonological processes are patterns of articulation that are developmentally appropriate in children learning to speak up until the ages listed below.