AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Unit of sound in a language
A
morhpeme
B
phoneme
C
semantics
D
huristic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in our language. We use the symbol / / round the letter(s) that make a single sound. There are 44 sounds in English.

Detailed explanation-2: -A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another word in a language. This chart shows all the phonemes used when speaking English.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phoneme: The smallest unit of sound in a language. Phonology: The study of the sound system of a language. Morpheme: The smallest unit of meaning in a language (word or unit – prefix re in redo, s in cars).

Detailed explanation-4: -Phoneme – The smallest unit of sound. There are approximately 44 phonemes – e.g. ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘ch’, ‘igh in light’. Phonemes can be put together to make words e.g c-a-t. Grapheme – A way of writing down a phoneme e.g. ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘ch’, ‘igh’.

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