Assertion: consonant's sound | /r/HasProperty | represented by symbol
Facets:
value: originally
type: OTHER
value: in english
type: OTHER
value: from its shape
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Apart from the fact that certain kinds of modification to the shape of a letter generally correspond to certain kinds of modification to the sound represented, there is no way to deduce the sound represented by a symbol from its shape (as for example in Visible Speech) nor even any systematic relation between signs and the sounds they represent (as in Hangul).
text: You may have noticed that the letters /c/, /q/, /x/ do not have a phoneme listed; your child will still learn these sounds, but they are not listed as a pure phoneme because the sounds that they represent can be represented by other letters or spellings.
text: The sound is represented by the letter
text: For example, the sound [ʃ] (the sh in shoe) was originally represented with the letter ⟨c⟩ in English, but with the digraph ⟨ch⟩ in French.
text: You may have noticed that the letters /c/, /q/, /x/ do not have a phoneme listed; your child will still learn these sounds, but they are not listed as a pure phoneme because the sounds that they represent can be represented by other letters or spellings.