Structured Language Crossword - Kaelyn Buffard
Across
- 1. The process of adding diacritical marks to indicate the speech sounds represented by letters in given situations.
- 4. Two adjacent vowels whose sounds slide smoothly together in one syllable.
- 6. The ridge just behind the upper front teeth, in front of the palate.
- 9. A diacritical mark placed over vowels to indicate when a vowel-r combination is accented.
- 10. The smallest meaningful linguistic unit.
- 11. A letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound.
- 12. A single speech sound.
- 14. Two adjacent letters representing a single speech sound.
- 16. A system of reading in which the phonic is broken by accurately blending the sounds of the letters in a smooth left to right manner.
- 18. One of a class of speech sounds in which the sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips, tongue, or teeth during articulation.
- 19. A letter or group of letters added to the end of a baseword to change how the word is used.
- 20. Fusing individual sounds into syllables. Also, fusing syllables into longer word units.
- 22. Four adjacent letters in a syllable representing one speech sound.
- 23. A diacritical mark used to code a "naming vowel" (long sound).
- 24. One of six letters in the English alphabet whose sounds are voiced, open and unobstructed (a,e,i,o,u,y).
Down
- 2. A word made from another with the addition of a suffix or prefix.
- 3. A symbol or symbols used to represent speech sounds.
- 5. Three adjacent letters in a syllable representing one speech sound (tch,dge).
- 6. Emphasis on one syllable in a multi-syllable word. One part of the word, is spoken louder or in a higher tone than the other parts.
- 7. A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a baseword to change its meaning or its use in a sentence.
- 8. A syllable ending with a vowel.
- 13. A word or part of a word made by one impulse of the voice.
- 15. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) that occurs frequently together.
- 17. Word roots, of Greek or Latin origin, to which affixes are attached are morphemes that generally cannot stand alone as a word in English.
- 21. Refers to a letter that may represent more than one sound or a sound that may be spelled in more than one way.