GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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is the smallest unit of distinguishable sound in a language.
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is the smallest meaningful unit in a language
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is how sounds are produced (i.e., making a /b/ sound by putting your lips together).
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contains the rules of a language.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phonemes are the smallest distinguishable units in a language.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. In English, phonemes include short and long vowels, consonants, and other sounds like th and sp.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a language. A phoneme is the smallest unit (sound) of language which serves to distinguish words from one another. Example: bat contains three phonemes (/b/a/t/). A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of language that cannot be broken into smaller parts.
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.