This document discusses juncture, which refers to transitions between sounds when speaking. It describes two types of juncture: close juncture with no pause between sounds, and open juncture with a slight stop between sounds. Examples of each type are provided. The document also covers rules for different sound transitions within and between words, and provides practice sentences to demonstrate juncture.
JUNCTURE – a pause or a
slight delay in a continuous flow of
speech. Sound transitions
characterize the movement from
sound to sound within a word or a
phrase.
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CLASSIFICATION:
• CloseJuncture – is movement from
sound to sound which has no
intervening pauses or delay.
• Open Juncture – is movement which
is not continuous. There is a slight
stoppage of the last sound till it blends
with the next.
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OPEN JUNCTURE:
A NAME -- AN AIM
NIGHT RATE -- NITRATE
SHORE TRAIN -- SHORT RAIN
new Deal -- nude eel
four met -- form ate
it swings -- its wings
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SOUND:
1) Within asyllable:
Read: man car clear bad
2) From syllable to syllable within a word:
Read: lady shadow faith-ful
man-ly plen-ty live-ly
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3) From wordto word:
a. From one consonant to another: Plosive to plosive
Read : hot day
: It's going to be another hot day.
• (First plosive is held briefly, then exploded
as a part of the second.)
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b)From plosive tocontinuant: Plosive is
not exploded before the continuant but
becomes part of the latter.
Read:
Hot water without money
She drunk the hot water.
I can’t go without money.
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c) From tto th /&/:th th/ or/ should be sounded
prominently.
Ex. At the store, them, through thick and thin
They sell sugar at the store.
d) From consonant to a vowel: The plosive is
exploded blending with the vowel.
Ex. Stop it.
Please stop it!.
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It is continuouswith some continuants.
Ex. Pull out.
e) From vowel to vowel: A momentary glide
consonant is likely to link them together.
Ex. do it lying see us know it
w y y w
Do it faster!
Can’t you see us?
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f) The linking“r” transition:
When a syllable ends with a
vowel (followed by ‘r’) the /r/
sound links them together.
Ex. Star of the show, moreover.
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Patterns and DrillLessons
Listen and repeat:
second period a big breakfast
the black bear more apples
here and now at the store
thought of it keep it up
set the table placed third
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More Examples:
• Plosiveto plosive:
a good team the black table
on a dark day the sick baby
hard times
• Plosive – continuant:
with a big smile to keep late hours
old landlord picnic supper
next month
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• From tor d to the /or/ :
right there about that time
tasted the pie third theme
• Vowel to vowel:
my own book every actor
flew away with a very of joy
the creation.
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• Consonant –vowel:
made it up a cup of tea
slept an hour some of us
an orange in a minute
keep it up broke a leg
a bag of apples
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• Linking “r”transition:
forever and ever
where and when
faster and faster
our uncle
poor orphan.
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3 Symbols ofJuncture:
1. Single bar juncture
(/)
2. double bar juncture
(//)
3. Double cross juncture
(#)
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• Usually, butnot always,
juncture is indicated in
written material by a
comma, a semi- colon, a
dash or some such
conventional mark.
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SAMPLE SENTECES:
•He invariably chooses the method/ of the
“controlled experiment”. // For instance,/if he
wants to see/ the effect of sunlight/ on growing
plants,/ he takes many plants as alike as
possible.// Then/ he stands some or them/ in the
sun,/ some in the shade/ and some/ in the dark,/
while keeping all conditions like temperature,/
moisture, and nourishment/ the same.// by
keeping these constant/ and by varying the light
only,/ the effect of light/ on the plants/ can be
clearly seen.//
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• The gapbetween what is
known/ and all that can be
known/ about the universe/
and the growing complexity/
of its arrangement/s seems to
increase/ with each new
discovery.
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