Assimilation and Phonological Processes

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Mastering Assimilation and Phonological Processes

Challenge your knowledge of phonological processes and test your understanding of assimilation with this engaging quiz! Each question will assess your ability to recognize various assimilation types and developmental phonological processes through phonetic transcriptions.

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13 Questions3 MinutesCreated by SingingSound321

Name that Assimilation: tug---> /tʊk/

Progressive Postvocalic Devoicing

Progressive Alveolar Assimilation

Regressive Prevocalic Voicing Assimilation

Stopping

Name that Assimilation: pen---> /pɛb/

Full Progressive Voicing Assimilation

Partial Progressive Labial Assimilation

Partial Regressive Velar Assimilation

Postvocalic Voicing

Name that Assimilation: mop--->/mɑn/

Full Progressive Voicing Assimilation

Partial Progressive Nasal Assimilation

Partial Regressive Nasal Assimilation

Full Regressive Voicing Assimilation

Name that Assimilation: top--->/tɑt/

Full Regressive Velar Assimilation

Partial Regressive Labial Assimilation

Full Progressive Alveolar Assimilation

Partial Progressive Nasal Assimilation

Name that Assimilation: keep---> /kik/

Full Progressive Velar Assimilation

Partial Regressive Labial Assimilation

Full Progressive Alveolar Assimilation

Partial Progressive Nasal Assimilation

Name that Assimilation: kog---> /gɑg/

Full Progressive Nasal Assimilation

Partial Regressive Labial Assimilation

Full Regressive Velar Assimilation

Full Regressive Voicing Assimilation

Developmental Phonological Process: wɪndo͡ʊ--->wɪno͡ʊ

Cluster Reduction

Weak Syllable Deletion

Final Consonant Deletion

Vowelization

The addition of a phone to a phonetic environment where no phoneme occurred in the target is...

Coalescence

Migration

Metathesis

Epenthesis

When two phonemes switch places within the phonetic environment, becoming substitution phones within the original target is called

Coalescence

Migration

Metathesis

Epenthesis

Within a consonant cluster sequence, partial features (place, manner, voicing) from C1 and C2 are extracted, recombining to form a third consonant is

Coalescence

Migration

Metathesis

Epenthesis

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