Vocabulary Crossword

6. An irregular word for reading or spelling.
7. A letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound.
9. A word composed of two or more small words
12. The perception of the number and order of sounds within a spoken syllable.
16. One of six letters of the English alphabet whose sounds are voiced, open and unobstructed.
18. A pattern of letters which occurs frequently together.
19. Three adjacent letters in a syllable representing one speech sound.
21. Refers to the number of words, not how often they are used.
22. The smallest meaningful linguistic unit.
24. A letter or group of letters added to the end of a baseword to change how the word is used.
25. A diacritical mark used to code a "naming vowel" (long sound).
26. Two adjacent letters representing a single speech sound.

1. Refers to a letter which may represent more than one sound or a sound which may be spelled in more than one way.
2. A word emphasizing a particular letter sound.
3. A word or part of a word made by one impulse of the voice.
4. A single speech sound
5. A letter of the alphabet that represents an obstructed (blocked) sound.
8. The upper gum ridge.
10. Two adjacent vowels whose sounds slide smoothly together in one syllable.
11. the curved diacritical mark above a vowel which indicates its sound in a closed syllable.
13. Four adjacent letters in a syllable representing one speech sound.
14. An unaccented vowel whose pronunciation approximates the short /u/ sound.
15. The process of adding diacritical marks to indicate the speech sounds represented by letters in given situations.
17. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a multi-syllable word.
20. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word.
23. A symbol or symbols used to represent speech sounds.