phoneme
noun[C]
phoneticsspecializeduk/ˈfəʊ.niːm/us/ˈfoʊ.niːm/one of thesmallestunitsofspeechthat make one word different from another word:
音位,音素Thedifferencebetween "pin" and "pan"dependson thevowel, i.e. the different phonemes /ɪ/ and /æ/.pin和pan的不同在于元音,即音素 /ɪ/ 与 /æ/ 的不同。
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grapheme
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
- alveolar
- apheresis
- aphesis
- aphetic
- aspirate
- guttural
- homonym
- laterally
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- phonology
- schwa
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology
- suprasegmental