The function of phonological processes in spoken language.

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor of Al-Mustafa Al-Alamiyah Community, Bint Al-Huda Institute of Higher Education and Professor of Farhangian University

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Islamic Studies, Farhangian University, P.O. Box 889-14665, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor at Al-Mustafa Virtual University and Secretary of Education of Qom District 4

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine phonology, which is one of the important discussions regarding the language system. In this way, the sounds of a language, when pronounced and appearing as sounds in communication, have their own rules and dos and don'ts. One of these rules is "phonological processes", which refers to changes that affect the type, location and number of phonemes or the structure of the syllables of the words of the language. Sometimes it increases a phoneme or syllable and sometimes vice versa. Sometimes it merges phonemes into each other and sometimes it transforms them into each other. In this article, first, data has been collected using written sources, in such a way that the five processes of substitution, merger, deletion, increase and heart are extracted from different books and then we will give examples of each case in colloquial language, which will generally examine the "appearance of phonological processes" in colloquial language. The results of the research indicate that phonological processes appear in categories such as deletion, addition, inflection, substitution, merger, assimilation, etc. Since the appearance of sounds is more striking in spoken and colloquial language, phonological processes should also be much more frequent in colloquial language than in standard, written, and formal language.

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  • Receive Date: 16 February 2025
  • Revise Date: 08 July 2025
  • Accept Date: 15 July 2025