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Articulatory Processes

The articulatory process is a combination of sound waves produced by the articulatory muscles. As we learned in articulatory phonetics, there are few ways of making the speech sound. That is all depends on how one’s motor cortex, the part which controls the face, jaw, lungs, and larynx, works. Hence, it is causing several combinations in pronouncing sounds or the articulatory process. The articulatory processes include Assimilation, Dissimilation, Epenthesis, Metathesis, and Deletion.

1. Assimilation Assimilation is a combination when a sound merges with another sound that follows or precedes it. There are two types of Assimilation; Regressive Assimilation and Progressive Assimilation. Regressive Assimilation is when a sound change according to the sound that precedes it. Meanwhile, Progressive Assimilation is term to describe a sound that change according to the sound that follows it. Example: Impossible: P influences the nasal for place of articulation. 2. Dissimilation The opposite of Assimilation, is a combination in which two sounds are disperse with one another. Therefore, the words are more clearly to pronounce and easy to distinguish. Example: Surprise: The second R influences P to stress, resulting the word to be pronounced as ‘supprise’. 3. Epenthesis Epenthesis is a process of adding a new sound in the middle of already existing sequence of sounds. Example: Warmth: There is a P sound in the middle f M and TH, that is if the words is written in phonetics it will be [wɔ:mpθ]. 4. Metathesis Metathesis is a process of switching two sounds in the same sequence. This rearrangement often makes the words to be easier when pronounced. Example: Comfortable: There is a rearrangement in ort-sound, making the word to pronounce as ‘comfterble’. 5. Deletion This is the process when we unconsciously deleting a sound from its sequence. Deletion often happens in verbal communication, as we have the tendency to speak fast. Example: Suppose: In verbal communication, we delete the u-sound and saying it as ‘s’ppose’.

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