(please note these examples will use regular orthography rather than phonetic transcription due to the lack of IPA support in HTML)
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English Example:
DEER + PLURAL ---> deer
English Example:
WANT + PAST ---> wanted
Sanskrit Example:
DA ('give') + PRESENT + ACTIVE + INDICATIVE + FIRST PERSON + SINGULAR --> dadaami (the da at the beginning is from reduplication, a characteristic of class 3 verbs in Sanskrit)
English Example:
STINK + PAST = stank (i becomes a)
An internal modification might be a [suprasegmental] modification. An example would be a change in pitch.
A slightly controversial exponent is subtraction, in which a sound or group of sounds is removed. Some people don't think this happens.
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