Phonological Processes

verb speaking with a lisp, a speech defect characterized by the inability to pronounce sibilant consonants

• The child's lisping speech impediment required speech therapy.
• She found his lisping accent charming.
• I can't understand what he's saying with all that lisping.
• Her lisping laughter filled the room with joy.

verb to take the place of (someone or something) by force or treachery

• The new technology is supplanting traditional methods in the industry.
• The new app is totally supplanting the old one.
• The new trend is supplanting the old one, it's lit.
• Her kindness is supplanting the negativity in the room.

noun a phonetic phenomenon in which vowel sounds change within a root or word to indicate changes in tense, aspect, or mood

• The linguist explained the concept of ablaut in great detail during the lecture.
• I still can't wrap my head around the whole ablaut thing in language class.
• Ablaut sounds like some crazy language voodoo to me.
• The changing vowel sounds in the word 'sing', 'sang', and 'sung' demonstrate ablaut in action.

noun a person or thing that stops or halts

verb the action of bringing something to a halt or cessation

• The train will be making its th stopping at the next station.
• We're almost at our th stopping, so get ready to hop off.
• I always miss my th stopping because I never pay attention.
• Life is like a train with many stops, make sure to cherish each th stopping along the way.

noun a linguistic phenomenon where the sound represented by the letter 'yod' is omitted in pronunciation

verb to omit or drop the sound represented by the letter 'yod' in pronunciation

• The linguistic phenomenon known as yod dropping occurs in certain dialects of English.
• I noticed some yod dropping in his speech when he said 'tuna' instead of 'tune'.
• Yod dropping is when you drop the 'y' sound in words like 'new' or 'tune'.
• In the world of phonetics, yod dropping is a hot topic of debate among linguists.

noun the linguistic process by which a repeated sound or syllable is omitted from a word

• Haplology is a linguistic phenomenon where a sequence of sounds is shortened by omitting one of the repeated syllables or letters.
• I learned about haplology in my linguistics class, it's pretty interesting!
• Haplology is like when you say 'probly' instead of 'probably', it's a shortcut in language.
• In a way, haplology can be seen as a form of linguistic efficiency, streamlining repetitive elements in speech.

noun a speech sound that begins like a stop (for example, [t]) but releases like a fricative (for example, [s])

• The phoneme /dʒ/ is an affricative sound in English.
• I find it difficult to pronounce affricative sounds correctly.
• Some people struggle with affricatives, but with practice, you can improve.
• Her words had a sharp affricative tone, cutting through the silence.