If an alveolar stop and the phoneme /l/ occur between vowels, the alveolar stop goes with the first syllable, /l/ with the second syllable. Obviously, any consonants preceding the alveolar stop will ...

“Half of the people searching for a one-syllable boy names are actually looking for a middle name,” she explains. “They’ve chosen the first name and need a one-syllable name to balance it out.

Hello, I’m Mr Firth and today we’re going to be focusing on words that have one or more syllables in them. But first, let’s remind ourselves what a syllable is. A syllable is a beat of sound ...

Today we’re going to look at those sounds and work out the difference. First, let’s talk about syllables. A syllable is a single sound that has a vowel. For instance, ‘sixteen’ has two ...

Hello, I’m Mr Firth and today we’re going to be focusing on words that have one or more syllables in them. But first, let’s remind ourselves what a syllable is. A syllable is a beat of sound ...