A morpheme is the smallest unit of a word that can carry meaning. You might think that’s the same as a word, but there are even smaller bits that you know the meaning of, maybe without realizing it. Think about the following words: unlock, untie, unwrap, unwind, unwind, unstick. What does that little piece un- […]
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[f] for Phoneme: the units of speech sounds
Phonemes are the building blocks of words. A phoneme is a speech sound that can distinguish one word from another in a particular language. They are like little categories in your brain! You sort acoustic sounds into phonemes when you say something or hear someone speak. Not all instances of a phoneme sound exactly the […]