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Phonetics
Phonetic Rules
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Undergraduate 2
05/04/2011

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Grapheme
Definition
written symbol or symbols that stand for one sound
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Cluster
Definition
2 or 3 adjacent consonants in one syllable with more than one sound
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digraph
Definition
2 adjacent letters in a syllable with one sound (ph, gh, sh, ch, th, ng)
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phonograms or word families
Definition
words or syllables that have the same vowel and ending letters and that rhyme
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morpheme
Definition
smallest meaning bearing unit
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phoneme
Definition
a speech sound
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blend
Definition
pronunciation of a cluster so that each grapheme or letter represents a sound (bl, pr, gr etc)
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diphthong
Definition
two vowels that represent a shifting vowel sound (ou, ow, oi, oy) ex. ouch, oil, boy
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schwa
Definition
reduced vowel sound in an unstressed syllable ex. a in spiral, o in polite)
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long vowel sound
Definition
says its own name (aid, eat etc)
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short vowel sound
Definition
doesn't say its own name (unglided--> and, end, if, odd, up)
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accented syllable
Definition
syllable stressed in speech
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homophone
Definition
words that sound the same but have different spellings
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open syllable
Definition
syllable that ends with a vowel sound
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closed syllable
Definition
syllable that ends with a consonant sound
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decoding
Definition
mapping elementary units of print to units of speech
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phonics
Definition
application of speech-sound correspondences and decoding rules to the teaching of reading letters or groups of letters (based on syllable)
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regularly spelled words
Definition
can be decoded using decoding rules and usual speech-spund correspondences
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irregularly spelled words
Definition
must be learned as sight words; cannot be decoded using decoding rules and usual speech-sound correspondences
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morphology
Definition
rules for combining meaning-bearing units
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syntactics
Definition
rules for combining words into sentences or larger units (grammar)
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semantics
Definition
study of meanings in langauge
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orthography
Definition
rules for combining graphemes (spelling)
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phonetics
Definition
study of all speech sounds (or language) and how these speech sounds are produced and written
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linguistics
Definition
study of nature and function of human language
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When there is one vowel in a syllable and it is not the final letter (ten, cactus), it usually stands for its short sound.
Definition
(c) VC
Term
When there is one vowel in a syllable and it is the final letter (me, halo), it usually stands for its long sound.
Definition
CV
Term
When there are two successive vowels in a syllable (coat, maintain), and they are not a special digraph, the long sound of the first generally occurs.
Definition
(c) VV (c)
Term
When there are two vowels in a syllable the second of which is a final e (cube, stampede), the long sound of the first generally occurs.
Definition
(C) VC e
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When r follows a vowel in a syllable, the vowel plus r stand for one of three sounds that can be identified in such words as her, for, and art.
Definition
The sound in her is the most common and is spelled ar (dollar), er (her) , ir (sir), or (word), and ur (hurt). Vr
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re follows a vowel in a syllable, different sounds result
Definition
Vre ex. car--care, her--here
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Y--4 vowel functions
Definition
1. y is in a syllable that has no vowel letter and it is not in final position , it sounds as an i
2. When y records the final sound in a one-syllable word (my, dye), it commonly stands for the long i sound.
3. When Y is in a multisyllabic word and records the final sound in a syllable that is not the last one (hyphen, cycle), it commonly stands for the long i sound.
4. When Y is the final sound in a multi syllable word, it makes the long e sound
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C and G hard sounds when followed by e, i, or y
Definition
when they aren't they use their hard sounds
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kn, gn, or wr
Definition
when start a word, the first letter is silent
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when b is preceded by m
Definition
the b is silent
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when b and t are in one syllable
Definition
the b is silent
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When two consonants are preceded and followed by vowels (window), a syllabic division commonly occurs between the consonants (win dow).
Definition
VCCV--> VC CV
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when a consonant is preceded and followed by vowels (odor), that consonant and the vowel following it generally are in the same syllable (o dor).
Definition
VCV--> V CV
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When x or r is preceded and followed by vowels (taxi, very), it is in the same syllable as the preceding vowel (tax i, ver y )
Definition
VxV Vx V
VrV Vr V
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When a word ends in a consonant followed by le (cable), the consonant plus le comprise a syllable (ca ble)
Definition
C + le
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When the inflection ed is added to a verb that ends in t (dart) or d (need), it adds a syllable to the verb (dart ed, need ed).
Definition
Otherwise, it adds a sound but not a syllable (played, watched).
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When a plural is formed with es, that inflection is a separate syllable (box es, wish es).
Definition
When it is formed with s, it is not a separate syllable (girls, books).
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