Open and closed syllables
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:26 pm
by Valera
Hi,
What does open and closed syllables mean?
The Rule of the Open and Closed Stressed Syllable
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:49 pm
by nikita
Hello, Valera
Here is the Rule of the Open vs. Closed Stressed Syllable for you.
The Open Syllable is the one that ends in a vowel. This syllable, according to the rule, must be read as in the English alphabet. (But please remember that there are loads exceptions to this rule!)
a /ei/
Examples:
Cake, wake, take, famous, label, shame, radio, favour, safe, ...
o /ou/
Example:
Bone, tone, phone, home, focus, Dover, Rome, rove, abode, ...
e /i:/
Example:
Leaf, seed, fee, mere, compete, delete, deer, ...
i (y) /ai/
Example:
Die, dye, fine, rhyme, miner, quite, psyche, like, desire, admire, pride, etc.
The Closed Syllable is the one that ends in a consonant. The Closed Stressed Syllables have a special reading.
a (I cannot show the phonetic symbol here)
Example
Fat, cat, lack, barrier, nagging, badminton, lap, ...
o /short "o" sound/
Example:
Hot, pot, lock, rock, rotten, possible, doctor, wash, ...
e /e/
Example:
Set, letter, deck, intelligent, egg, sell, petty, ...
i (y) /i/
Example:
Fish, quick, tick, sick, rid, bitter, mint, twist, lip, limbs, ...
Okay, I hope this somewhat helps.
Nikita