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. 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. Samples: CLOSE JUNCTURE: TRAIN NIGHT BLAME BRIGHT MERRY BLOOM 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 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 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.) 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 cant go without money. 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! 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! Cant you see us? 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. 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 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 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. 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 Linking r transition: forever and ever where and when faster and faster our uncle poor orphan. 3 Symbols of Juncture: 1. Single bar juncture (/) 2. Double bar juncture (//) 3. Double cross juncture (#) Usually, but not always, juncture is indicated in written material by a comma, a semi- colon, a dash or some such conventional mark. SAMPLE SENTENCES: 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.// 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.