Phonotactics

A domain of speech sciences (viz., phonology) thatfocuses on the freedoms and restrictions in a given language on permissible combinations ofvowels and consonants in syllables and words (e.g, types of consonantcombinations for clusters in English such that mb never occurs, but does so in Irish).  All told, language-related phonotatics dictate which sounds precede and follow …

Phonological rule

A formal expression that conveys a systematic relationship in sound patterns.  Such rules,for example, have been proposed to account for variationsin the placement of stress and the alternations of vowel quality that occur insets of words.  See Phonological process, Phonology

Phonological reading skills

Reading sub-skills that allow the reader to translate letters into sounds and blend these into words.  See Decoding ability, Grapheme-phoneme correspondences, National Literacy Strategy, Orthography, Phonemic mastery, Phonological deficit hypothesis/model/theory, Phonics, Reading comprehension

Phonological process

Final voiced consonant replaced by a voiceless consonant                                                    Typical phonological processes that occur during language acquisition See Cluster reduction, Final consonant devoicing, Lingua-velar (or velar), Liquid, Palate, Phonological rule, Phonology, Stopping

Phonological dyslexia

Term used to refer to the reading profile in which real words can be read more accurately than non-words.  Derived from studies of adult patients with acquired dyslexia, but also used to refer to a ‘sub-type’ of developmental dyslexia.  See Dyslexia, Phonological deficit hypothesis/model/theory

Phonics

Asystem of teaching reading that focuses on the links between phonemes and theirwritten symbols, sometimes also including the links between larger units, suchonsets or rimes, and their written forms.  ‘Onset’ refers to  thefirst consonant(s) of a syllable, occurring before the vowel (e.g.,  ‘st’in stop, or ‘p’ in pink.  Note that syllables have no initialconsonant(s) do not …