COGNITION
THINKING AND LANGUAGE
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Question
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Morphemes
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Phonemes
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Thoughts
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Grammar
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Detailed explanation-1: -The very smallest unit of sound in any language is called a phoneme. Changing a phoneme in a word changes the way that word is pronounced, as well as its meaning.
Detailed explanation-2: -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’.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Phoneme is the smallest unit of a language that can change meaning.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Central dialect of Rotokas possesses one of the world’s smallest phoneme inventories. (Only the Pirahã language has been claimed to have fewer.) The alphabet consists of twelve letters, representing eleven phonemes.