1. JUNC
TURE
BY GROUP 5

2. 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.
JUNCT

3. CLASSIFICATION:
• Close Juncture – 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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4. Samples:
CLOSE JUNCTURE:
TRAIN NIGHT
BLAME BRIGHT
MERRY BLOOM
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5. 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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6. SOUND:
1) Within a syllable:
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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7. 3) From word to 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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8. b)From plosive to continuant: 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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9. c) From t to 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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10. It is continuous with 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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11. 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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12. Patterns and Drill Lessons
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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13. More Examples:
• Plosive to 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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14. • From t or 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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15. • 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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16. • Linking “r” transition:
forever and ever
where and when
faster and faster
our uncle
poor orphan.
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17. 3 Symbols of Juncture:
1. Single bar juncture
(/)
2. double bar juncture
(//)
3. Double cross juncture
(#)
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18. • Usually, but not always,
juncture is indicated in
written material by a
comma, a semi- colon, a
dash or some such
conventional mark.
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19. 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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20. • The gap between 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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21. The End
Thank you!
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