Module 13, Session 5 AngloSaxon Syllable Patterns

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Module 13, Session 5 Anglo-Saxon Syllable
Patterns

• Marcia Henry, Ph.D.
• Professor Emerita
• San Jose State University

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Anglo-Saxon Syllable Types

• Closed (short vowel) mat, flip, cot, lump, fled
• Vowel-Consonant-e (long vowel) skate, time,
  remote
• Open (long vowel) go, baby, pilot, vacation
• Vowel Pair (sound of digraph) team, steel, coin,
  road
• Consonant le turtle, apple, table, eagle,
  puzzle, gargle
• -r Controlled chart, forlorn, term, chirp, burp

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Patterns for Syllable Division

• VC/CV (short vowel sound)hap/pen, sum/mer,
  ban/ner, sup/per, nap/kin, ban/dit, can/did,
  thun/der.
• V/CV (long vowel sound) spi/der, bo/nus,
  la/bel, be/gan, ve/to, fe/ver, clo/ver.
• VC/V (short vowel) cab/in, lim/it, com/et,
  van/ish, rob/in, blem/ish, tal/ent.
• VCCCV Divide after the vowel (re/strict), the
  1st consonant (hun/dred), or 2nd consonant
  (lamp/post).
• V/VC bo/a, cre/ate, o/a/sis, flu/id, zo/ol/o/gy.