CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The smallest individual unit of sound in a language which conveys a meaning, for example in fell and well the f and w sounds.
A
Code
B
Fluency
C
Phoneme
D
Holophrases
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A phoneme can be defined as the smallest class of sounds that leads, in a specific language, to differences in 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phonemes combine to form syllables and words. For example, the word ‘mat’ has three phonemes: /m/ /a/ /t/. There are 44 phonemes in the English language, including sounds represented by letter combinations such as /th/.

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