Phonological Rules and Processes: An Introduction
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https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.v2i6.679Keywords:
Phonology, Phonological processes, phonological rules, sound patterns, speech soundsAbstract
The aim of this paper is to examine phonological rules and processes. This it does in order to investigate such rules and processes with a view to justifying their place in phonology and appreciate their relevance in the production of speech sounds. The database derives from a number of illustrative texts and the method of analysis is mainly descriptive consequent upon the available data. The work looks into the provided data to different degrees for sound pattern of various languages through phonological rules and processes. Findings reveal that many current write-ups on phonological rules and processes are therefore, not particularly new but keep on changing and improving. Studies show that phonological processes are formalizing the knowledge of the phonological rules. This paper has four sections. Section one is the introduction, section two is literature review, section three is on the analysis of phonological rules and processes and finally section four is the summary of findings and conclusion. The study recommends that more researches be carried out on phonological rules and processes in order to be touch with the current changes and improvements on the study of phonology and phonological rules and processes.
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