Matching exercise
Match the items on the left to the items on the right.
apocope
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segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
syncope
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
metathesis
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
epenthesis
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
palatalization
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
umlaut
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
deaffrication
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
degemination
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
assimilation
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
nasalization
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
merger
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
dissimilation
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
split
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
phonological shift
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
glide strengthening
???
segmental simplification of an affricate to a fricative
loss of vowel word finally
velar, alveolar, or dental stop becomes more palatal due to presence of a front vowel/glide
insertion of a consonant or vowel sound
loss of a phoneme in a given language
two sounds become more alike in some or all features
vowel becomes nasalized when next to a nasal consonant
loss of a vowel word medially
a long consonant becomes a simple consonant
change in the relation among a series of sounds
creation of a new phoneme in a given language
change of a glide to an affricate in word initial position
two sounds become less like each other.
fronting or other assimilation caused on a vowel by a vowel in the following syllable
change in the position of segments
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