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Children often have trouble with the lip rounding associated
with the sh-sounds ([ʃ] and [ʒ]). Which type of vowel contexts would
promote lip rounding? Can you find five words that you could use to assist in
the lip rounding of [ʃ]?

Identify the following assimilation processes according to the parameters: contact versus remote, progressive versus regressive, phonemic assimilation, phonetic similitude, or coalescence.

Identify the following syllable structures according to (a)
onset, peak, and coda and

You are testing [k] sounds in the initial, medial, and final
positions with a child who is 4 years old with a [t] for [k] substitution. You
would like to keep the syllable structure and the stress consistent for all the
words used. Therefore, all words should be two syllables in length, stress
should be on the same syllable, and syllable structures should be comparable.
Find six words that could be used for a 4-year-old child which would test [k]
under these conditions.

What is the difference in production between [s̪], and
[θ]? Which articulatory features would you need to change to produce a
standard [s]? How would you explain this to a child?

The following transcription is from a child, age 4;2. Label
the diacritics and state which ones are context related and which ones would be
considered aberrant productions.

Put in the syllable boundaries and the primary stress
markers for the following words:
monumental
October

Put in the syllable boundaries and the primary stress
markers for the following words:
national

Identify the following symbols. Which sound(s) might be the
actual target(s) for a child who produces these sounds?