alphabetic
- adjective
- /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪk/
- The standard writing system of English is alphabetic, meaning that a grapheme can be represented by a corresponding phoneme(s).
- alphabetic writing
- alphabetic principle
- alphabetic braille
To make progress in reading, the child must learn how the alphabetic code works.
- To make progress in reading, the child must learn how the alphabetic code works.
Examples
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The copy task and alphabet task provide the best information on alphabetic knowledge.
Academic text (2015) -
To make progress in reading, the child must learn how the alphabetic code works.
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How does our brain provide us with the use of alphabetic characters without thought?
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Moreover, with phonological awareness training, children are believed to more easily learn the alphabetic principle when they are taught to read.
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Because it was taught through such practices, alphabetic literacy segregated individual Native students from their siblings, friends, and other members of their tribe.
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The standard writing system of English is alphabetic, meaning that a grapheme can be represented by a corresponding phoneme(s).
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In 1992, Troughton introduced One Is Fun, a pilot study documenting the impact of teaching uncontracted braille (alphabetic braille) to beginning braille readers in Canada.
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To make progress in reading, the child must learn how the alphabetic code works.
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But with the development of an alphabetic script, just about everyone could learn to read and write.
Synonyms
A writing system that uses letters to write words
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A system that uses letters to show the separate sounds of a language
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alphabetic also comes from alphabet, from alpha and beta, and means 'relating to letters or an alphabet'. So it describes a writing system that uses separate letters for sounds, like English or many other languages.