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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Asimilación
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Combining two neighboring sounds into one
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Disimilación
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Dividing two combined sounds into two separate ones
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Metátesis
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Switching two sounds
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Apócope
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Loss of the final elements of a word
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Aféresis
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Loss of the initial elements of a word
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Epéntesis
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Addition of new elements in the interior of a word
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Prótesis
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Addition of elements at the beginning of a word
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Aspiración
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Opening of the articulatory canal that creates a strong emission of air
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Desafricación
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Loss of the element of blockage in an africative consonant
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Ensordecimiento
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Change of a voice consonant into an unvoiced one
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Sonorización
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Change of an unvoiced consonant into a voiced one
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Adelantamiento
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Movement of the point of articulation to a point further forward in the mouth
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Retracción
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Movement of the point of articulation to a point further back in the mouth
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Monoptongación
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Reduction of a diphthong to a simple vowel
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Diptongación
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Conversion of a simple vowel to a diphthong
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Degeminación
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Loss or reduction of a twinned consonant
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Palatalización
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Movement of the point of articulation to a the palate
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Deslateralización
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The point of articulation of a lateral consonant changes from two sides of the tongue to another area of the mouth
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Fricatización
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A stop changing into a fricative
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Lenición
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General term for whatever process changes to a more relaxed or weakened sound
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Apertura
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Process of vocal change in which the a closed vowel opens
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Cerrazón
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Process in which an open vowel closes
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síncopa
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losing a sound in the interior of a word
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