We diagram words to look for letter and syllable patterns, label long and short vowel sounds, and individual letter sounds. / Julia Knarr, The Soulard School.

Marija Tabain, Gavan Breen, Andrew Butcher, VC vs. CV syllables: a comparison of Aboriginal languages with English, Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Vol. 34, No. 2 (December 2004), ...

A frequency-based vocabulary of 17,602 words was compiled and analyzed in order to group words with recurring syllable and rime patterns for teaching reading.