Physiologically Motivated Sound Change
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Part of the Catalog of Sound Changes, Physiologically Motivated Sound Change falls under Internally Motivated Sound Change. It encompasses changes based on how sounds are made and heard.
- Articulatory Simplification
- Segmental Simplification
- Sequential Simplification
- Similarity Adjustments
- Assimilation
- Point/Manner
- Palatalization/Affrication
- Labiovelarization
- Final Devoicing
- Umlaut (Fronting, Raising, Lowering, Backing)
- Vowel Harmony
- Nasalization
- Dissimilation
- Epenthesis
- Excrescence
- Haplology
- Syllable Structure Simplification
- Simple Syllable Head
- Complex Syllable Head
- Empty Syllable Head
- Complex Syllable Nucleus
- Syllable Coda
- Syllable Contact
- Reduction
- Prosodic Adjustments
- Auditorily-Based Substitutions
