the writing system in which written symbols correspond to spoken sounds, contrasted with the LOGOGRAPHIC and ORTHOGRAPHIC principles
Words are represented in print generally at the level of phonemes. The sounds in words relate to the letters or graphemes that represent them. Example: bat = |b| |a| |t|.
The basic idea that written language is a code in which letters represent the sounds in spoken words.
Spoken words are made up of phonemes, and written words are made up of letters. Knowledge of the alphabetic principle in the awareness that written words are composed of letters that are intentionally and conventionally related to phonemic awareness
Understanding that spoken words are decomposed into phonemes, and that the letters in written words represent the phonemes in spoken words when spoken words are represented in text.
The idea that letters represent sound and that printed letters can be turned into speech (and vice versa).
The relationship between letters and sounds that is known as the alphabetic principle. The reader's task is to gain the insight that written words are composed of letters of the alphabet that are intentionally and conventionally related to segments of spoken words.
Understanding the relationship between speech and analphabetic orthography.
The assumption underlying alphabetic writing systems that each speech sound or phoneme of a language should have its own distinctive graphic representation.
The alphabetic principle is the foundation of alphabetic languages, such as Spanish or Greek. The alphabetic principle is that, in alphabetic writing systems, each symbol (letter) represents a sound. Therefore, in Spanish, the letter u represents the sound /u/.
