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.