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An error in which an intended word is replaced by a quite different one of similar
sound, such as the use of facilities for faculties
The small bony ridge behind the upper front teeth
Any of various suggested constraints restricting some phonological process to some specified linear domain
A measure of the total tendency of a medium to oppose the passage of sound waves through it
A phonological change in which a segment disappears from a word or from a whole class of
words, such as the disappearance of initial [k] in English words like knot and know
Any device which allows certain frequencies of sound waves to pass through while suppressing the passage of other frequencies
The perceptual correlate of the acoustic intensity of a sound
A sequence of two or more consonants within a single
morpheme or word
The phenomenon, occurring in certain languages, by which only certain combinations of consonant phonemes are permitted to occur in a specified domain, usually a single phonological word
