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The Structure of Spoken and Printed Words
The Structure of Spoken and Printed Words
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Undergraduate 4
10/01/2013

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Phonemes
Definition
The speech sounds that are used to distinguish one word from another in a particular language.
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Vowels
Definition
These sounds are made when the air leaving your lungs is vibrated in the larynx but then has a clear passage from the larynx to outside your mouth.
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Consonants
Definition
These speech sounds are made when the airflow is obstructed in some way in your mouth.
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Syllables
Definition
Is the basic phonological unit of speech.
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Onset
Definition
Is the initial consonant or consonants.
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Rime
Definition
Is the vowel and any consonants that follow it.
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Phonograms
Definition
They are rimes that share the same spellings.
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Word Families
Definition
Have endings with common rimes.
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Morphemes
Definition
These are the smallest meaning units into which a word can be divided.
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Affixes
Definition
These are morphemes that cannot stand alone to form words.
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Prefixes
Definition
Is placed before a root to form a word with a meaning different from that of the root.
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Suffix
Definition
Is placed after a root to form a word with a different meaning or a different grammatical function.
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