Education and demonstration – Language – Spelling – phonics – word recognition – or sentence formation
Patent
1985-03-15
1987-04-07
Grieb, William H.
Education and demonstration
Language
Spelling, phonics, word recognition, or sentence formation
283 46, G09B 1700
Patent
active
046557130
ABSTRACT:
A reading device is described herein that may be employed for the teaching of reading or as an independent reading system. The device is novel in being able to reduce the thousands of possible variations of pronunciation in the alphabet of the English language to a logical, easily learned core. This is achieved via the addition of non-pictorial short-stroke practical symbols.
These non-pictorial short-stroke symbols are unique in having an appearance that is suggestive of, or rapidly identifiable with the sound they represent. In addition, these non-pictorial short stroke symbols are unique in having a consistent sound in and of themselves, independent and independently of any letter or letters.
This device is further remarkable in that letters, that do not have a logical pronunciation within the context of the affected word, are superseded by suprascript letters that accurately reflect the appropriate pronunciation.
The device is further defined in differentiating between letters that are active and passive within the system. Those letters that are active initiate a distinct sound within the system. Those that are passive have their sound provided instead by a short-stroke non-pictorial symbol, or by a suprascript letter, or are redundant or silent. This allows the recognition of logical, (necessary) and illogical (unnecessary) letters in the device. The distinction between active and passive letters is provided by contrast in color, intensity, or typestyle.
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Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary.COPYRGT., 1967, Inside Cover Page and p. 635.
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