Units of Sound
A speech sound is___
phoneme
A sound that is made by constricting partially or fully the vocal tract.
consonant
When people make vowel sounds their vocal tract is
Open
A written symbol that depends entirely on illustrations to encode whole words
Pictograph
The written symbol for a speech sound.
Grapheme.
The term for the vowel & all that comes after it in a syllable. The "-at" part of "cat"
rime
When 2 consonants represent one phoneme/speech sound)
consonant digraph
The term used for the type of vowel sounds in c-at, b-ig, l-et, h-ot, n-ut
short vowels (or lax)
Alphabet
Smallest unit that carries meaning in a language (e.g. cats =2)
morphemes
The term for the /sk/ in the syllable "skat"
onset
When 2 or 3 consonants are together and they each retain their own sounds but are pronounced tightly. The str in str-ipe
consonant blend
The term used for the type of vowel sound in the words g-o, ea-t, a-che, t-oo, b-ite
Long vowel (tense)
A writing system that uses individual symbols to encode syllables
syllabary
Writing codes ____
SOUND (TRM p. 24)
A word or word part with a vowel sound made with one push of breath
syllable
The term for the "-st" in the word best
consonant blend
The term for a vowel sound like -oy
diphthong
An alphabetic that is very consistent with one symbol for each sound
Transparent (orthography)
Language Codes ______
The part in a syllable that follows the vowel or ends the word (the -t in c-at)
coda
The term for the -ch in the word much.
Consonant digraph
The term for a vowel sound like -ar in art.
r-controlled
An alphabetic system that has more sounds than symbols and must combine or use proximity to encode sounds
The number of syllables in geod.
Two