initial phoneme
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandphoneme
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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phoneme
noun[C]
uk/ˈfəʊ.niːm/us/ˈfoʊ.niːm/
one of the smallest units of speech that make one word different from ...
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(Definition ofinitialandphonemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Based on this reasoning, we decided here to count suchinitialphonemeexchanges as correct.
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At first, all words that share theinitialphonemeare activated.
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In each session, the tests were given in a fixed order: final phoneme identification,initialphoneme identification, phoneme/syllable deletion, vocabulary test, and arbitrariness.
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Initialphonemeversus whole word criterion to pronunciation : evidence based on response latency andinitialphonemeduration.
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While the children read, attempts at sounding out segments of a word were rare and did not extend beyond the word'sinitialphoneme.
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Two phoneme isolation tasks were orally administered to all children:initialphonemeisolation and final phoneme isolation.
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There were three sessions, one for each common unit (syllable,initialphoneme, rime), each lasting about 5-10 minutes.
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Two phonemic awareness tasks were developed:initialphonemeisolation (40 items) and final phoneme isolation (40 items).
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Illiterates' ability to name letters was significantly related to phonological fluency andinitialphonemedeletion.
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The onsets used in the task were composed of single phonemes, and hence, also assessed children'sinitialphonemeawareness.
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These included measures of word and nonword repetition, semantic and phonological fluency, rhyme identification,initialphonemedeletion, and various memory span tests.
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Each original pictograph symbolized a referent, and its sound value was determined according to the acrophonic principle by theinitialphonemeof its name.
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The order of the administration of theinitialphonemeisolation and the final phoneme isolation tasks was counterbalanced.
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First, children were required to delete theinitialphonemeof words.
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In the current study the onsets used in the onset task were composed of single phonemes, and hence, also assess children'sinitialphonemeawareness.
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That is, there was no perceptual similarity between theinitialphonemeof the word and the multi-feature-change nonword.
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Children were given two phonemic awareness test clusters:initialphonemeisolation (50 items) and final phoneme isolation (50 items).
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Children were presented with sets of four pictures: three shared the sameinitialphoneme, and the fourth started with either /r/ or /m/.
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Children were shown a series of four pictures, two of which shared the sameinitialphoneme, either /r/ or /m/.
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