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Theory

In phonology, epenthesis means the addition of one or more
sounds to a word, especially to the interior of a word.

Epenthesis may be divided into two types: excrescence, for the

addition of a consonant, and anaptyxis for the addition of a
vowel.

Separating vowels

A consonant may be added to separate vowels in hiatus. We

may view [n] as an epenthetic sound that breaks up a sequence

of two vowels: a apple – an apple.Or the case with linking and
intrusive R: drawing → drawring.

Bridging consonant clusters

A consonant may be placed between consonants in a

consonant cluster where the place of articulation is different

(e.g., where one consonant is labial and the other is alveolar):
apropos → ampropos, mince → mints; prince → prints;

patience → patients; chance → chants; tense → tents; Samson

→ Sampson; Thomson → Thompson.

Breaking consonant clusters

A vowel may be placed between consonants to separate them:
Hamtramck → Hamtramick; jewelry → 'jewelery'; contentious

→ 'contentuous. Other examples of epenthesis: the ubiquitous

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