phonological rule
Pronunciation change principle
A phonological rule describes a predictable sound change that occurs in a language under specific conditions.
When English speakers pronounce "cats" with an /s/ but "dogs" with a /z/, they're following a phonological rule—the voicing of the final consonant depends on what comes before it.
These rules operate unconsciously; native speakers apply them without being taught.
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- deletionRemoval of content
- insertionPlacing something within
- nasalizationSound routed through nostrils
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
metathesis · dissimilation · neutralization · aspiration · voicing · flapping · reduction · alternation · underlying form · derivation · constraint · distinctive feature · feature · segment · allophone · tone · syllable
- phonologyphonemes, consonants, vowels, allophone, allophones
- sound changesassimilation, elision, deletion, voicing, nasalization
- phoneticsphonemes, vocal folds, consonants, vowels, vibration
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