Analytical Fourth Reader; Containing Practical Directions for Reading, a Thorough Method of Thought-Analysis, a Critical Phonic Analysis of English ... of New and Valuable Selections in Reading - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1867. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LESSON II. THE NAMES OF LETTEES AEE SELDOM THE SAME AS TUEIE SOUNDS. In "spelling aloud" the words came, cat, call, cave, calf, you name c-a (See, Aye) as the first two letters of each word. So far, then, the spelling is the same for all the words. Yet, by this spelling, you do not once utter the sound with which each word begins. You say See (c), and in doing so you hear what sounds ? Is either of these the first sound you hear when you pronounce came? Then, too, a is the second sound of only one of the five words. Which one ? When you " spell aloud," that is, when you name the letters, you do it without regard to their sounds. Tee, Aitch, O, Yew, Jee, Aitch, do not sound very much like the two sounds in though. Indeed, o is the only letter that really has a sound in the word though. In these lessons in Phonic Analysis, you arc to think what sound or sounds should be given in uttering a word. Sometimes you will be asked to utter each sound separately, and sometimes to write such letters as have been agreed upon to represent these sounds. It is well for you to remember that the ear, rather than the eye, is to assist you in determining the sounds. A word is commonly written with quite as many letters as it has sounds ; often, with more. In the word am, are there as many sounds as letters ? in this ? thaw ? so ? sew ? ooze ? phthisic ? enough ? fox ? One reason why there are more letters on a page than there are sounds represented, is, that there are several simple sounds in our language which are always represented by two letters. For example, we have no single letter that stands for the first sound in the word this. The same is true of the words child, show, when, thin. Two letters used together to denote one sound, are called a digraph. In the word sin...
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