phoneme

(noun)

An indivisible unit of sound in a given language.

Related Terms

  • grammar
  • morpheme
  • lexeme
  • lexicon
  • duality
  • arbitrary

Examples of phoneme in the following topics:

  • The Structure of Language

    • A phoneme is the basic unit of phonology.
    • Phonemes correspond to the sounds of the alphabet, although there is not always a one-to-one relationship between a letter and a phoneme (the sound made when you say the word).
    • For example, the word “dog” has three phonemes: /d/, /o/, and /g/.
    • Thus, a morpheme is a series of phonemes that has a special meaning.
    • Speech sounds make up phonemes, which make up words.
  • Human vs. Animal Language

    • Critics claim that Chaser is not understanding language as humans can, but that he has been conditioned or trained to discriminate between certain phoneme sounds.
  • Introduction to Language

    • Phonetics is the study of individual speech sounds; phonology is the study of phonemes, which are the speech sounds of an individual language.
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