Phonological process

forms part of typical development and should disappear as the child gets older

Phonological processes

known as error patters/ simplification error patterns

Pre-vocalic voicing

turning a voiceless sound before a vowel into a voiced sound. e.g “cat becomes gat”.

Word final deletion

Voiced C at the end of the word turns into a voiceless C. e.g “bad becomes bat”

Final consonant deletion

Last C of the word is not pronounced/omitted. e.g “boat becomes bo”

Palatal Fronting

changing “sh” and “zh” sounds to “s” or “z” e.g she becomes see

Velar fronting

Back sounds are replaced by front sounds. e.g “car becomes tar”

Cluster reduction

Removing a C from a cluster reduction or replacing a C from the cluster with something else. e.g “spoon becomes poon or spoon becomes kpoon?"

Consonant Harmony

Sound of the word is influenced by a sound that the word must contain. e.g “cup becomes pup”

Gliding of liquids

Liquid sounds are replaced by glides. e.g” rabbit becomes wabbit, lolli becomes wowi”

Weak Syllable deletion

Not pronouncing the unstressed( weak) syllables in a word. e,g” telephone becomes teefone”

Stopping

Stop C replaces fricatives or affricates e.g” ship becomes tip”