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Chunking (syllabication)
part of structural analysis. Used by reader to determine a words pronunciation and meaning. .
Syllabication Generalizations
1. The number of syllables is equal to the number of vowel sounds.
2. When a word has pattern VCCV (index), you usually divide the word between the consonants
3. When a word has the structure VCV (acorn), you usually divide the word after the first vowel.
4. When dividing words into syllables, consonant blends and digraphs are generally not divided.
5. When dividing compound words into syllables, each word is a separate syllable, or morpheme
6. Prefixes and suffixes are usually separate syllables
7.In a word that ends in le preceded by a consonant (ankle), the last syllable usually begins with the consonant preceding the le (an/kle).
Closed Syllables
Syllables that contain one vowel and end in a consonant, such a sun or sig/nal
Open Syllables
Syllables that end in a vowel, such as me or be/gin
Pronunciation Generalizations
1. Closed syllables usually contain short, or unglided, vowel sounds.
cat, sig/nal
2. When the structures igh, old, and ind, appear in a word, the vowel sound is usually long, even though the syllable is closed
high, find
3. The consonant r following a vowel usually creates a closed syllable but may result in a r controlled vowel sound.
for/est, car/toon
4. Open syllables usually end with long vowel sounds
5.Two vowels together usually indicate that the first one is long and the second one is short, unless the vowel combination is a vowel diphthong or a variant vowel digraph.
teacher, detail, moaning
6. When a word ends in e preceded by a single consonant, the vowel before the consonant is usually long
ate, imitate, graphite
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