8. Phonetic Transcription Horseshoes [hors‡uz] Matches [mæc‡] Bookend [b¨k´nd] Is [ˆz] Pain medicine [pen m´dˆn] Thorns [†ornz] Breathe [bri∂]
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11. Vowel Deletion Delete the last vowel of a morpheme if the following morpheme begins with a vowel Works with some roots and suffixes: Not if prefix is only one syllable: re + act; bi + ennial
12. E/O Deletion Delete the e or o of a morpheme ending in er or or of a morpheme if the following morpheme begins with a vowel
13. S Deletion Delete an s after the prefix ex- Delete the n of the prefix an- before a consonant: Examples: a + theist, a + pathy, a + symmetry, a + trophy But not: an + emic, an + archy, an + orexic, an + hydrous N Deletion