Phonological process is the ruled governed and systematic speech patterns which characterize speech. The categories under phonological process are the following. Syllable structure change, are the changes made to any syllable in a word; for example, a common type of this process is when a child removes a certain portion of a consonant cluster in order to produce fewer sounds. For example, when a child produces top instead of saying stop. Assimilation is when children change the features of one sound to fit the features of another sound in the same type of syllable. Velar assimilation is one type, where because of the the velar sounds, a child will produce a nonvelar consonant as a velar one, so a child would produce keek instead of saying
