Phonemes
Scope Note:
The smallest units of speech that distinguish one utterance from another in a given language -- for example, "p" in "pat" and "b" in "bat" represent two English phonemes -- "p" in "pat" and "p" in "spat" represent the same phoneme, despite their difference in sound, because this difference is never the only distinguishing feature between two words in English
Category: Language and Speech
Broader Terms PhonemicsNarrower Terms Phonemic AwarenessVowels Use this term instead of Consonants (2004)Phonological Units (1966 1980) | Related Terms Distinctive Features (Language)Graphemes Intonation Morphemes Morphophonemics Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence Phonics Phonological Awareness Phonology Suprasegmentals Syllables |
Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966
