Speaking of Words By MICHAEL FERBER We often hear about “silent e,” that magical letter that turns a can into a cane or a glob into a globe, as Tom Lehrer put it in his charming song for the Electric ...

What is a consonant cluster? It's a word that has multiple consonant sounds together. Look at the consonants at the starts of these words: fly /fl/ train /tr/ squirrel /skw/ throw /thr/.

Methods: Mandarin-speaking children (N = 95) aged 3–5 and adults (N = 20) participated in (1) a perception test designed based on the minimal pairs of unaspirated/aspirated consonants in the quiet and ...

Phase 5 phonics worksheets Download these Phase 5 phonics worksheets from the top of this page for free. They cover the use of igh and y. Pupils must: Fill in the missing letters following the ...

Spread the loveAcross diverse languages, a fascinating phenomenon occurs: word-initial consonants are systematically lengthened. This subtle lengthening, often imperceptible to untrained ears, ...

A new study shows that word-initial consonants are systematically lengthened across a diverse sample of languages Speech consists of a continuous stream of acoustic signals, yet humans can segment ...

Lengthened consonants mark the beginning of words A new study shows that word-initial consonants are systematically lengthened across a diverse sample of languages Date: September 24, 2024 Source: ...

An example of word-initial lengthening in Mojeño Trinitario, an Arawakan language spoken in the Amazon region of Bolivia. The word-initial /n/ (100ms) is significantly longer than the /n/ in the ...