Sunday, September 19, 2010

3. vowel digraphs + rhythm and stress; -eous, -ious, -uous,

-ous: -aous, -eous, -ious, -oous, -uous > -eous, -ious, -uous

-eous: C + eous ,misc-e-'lla-neous
-ious: C + ious

-dious: me-'lo-dious, per-'fi-dious
-rious: la-'bo-rious, my-'ste-rious
-nious: har-'mo-nious

-cious: ju-'di-cious, o'-ffi-cious (alveo-palatal + i > compressed, leading to single sound)
-geous: 'gor-geous Idem outrageous
-tuous: tu-'mul-tuous Idem
-gious: litigious

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