Speech Science

Variations of phonemes that do not change the meaning of the word; two people can produce one sound in varying ways, yet they can be identified as the same sound

"green" and "red" - percieved by the listener as the same sound

p b m w

f v

theta eth

t d s z n l

affricates, sh ch r and j

k g ng

h

p b t d k g

f v theta eth s z sh ch h

ts and dz

w j

r l

m n ng

Derivation occurs in all language; It occurs when a word is altered from one lexical category to another

The derivational prefix de- is added to the verb base construct to get the verb deconstruct