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phonemeSmallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another (e.g., the sound p in tap, which differentiates that word from tab and tag). The term is usually restricted to vowels and consonants, but some linguists include differences of pitch, stress, and rhythm. A phoneme may have variants, called allophones, that differ phonetically without affecting meaning. Phonemes may be recorded with special symbols, such as those of the International Phonetic Alphabet. In transcription, linguists conventionally place symbols for phonemes between slash marks: /p/. phonemeA speech utterance, such as "k," "ch," and "sh," that is used in synthetic speech systems to compose words for audio output. See formant information. phoneme [′fō‚nēm] (linguistics) A speech sound (phone) that is contrastive, that is, is perceived as being different from all other speech sounds. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Importantly, if infants do not map distinct representations of each phoneme in the same language that they will ultimately be taught to read (either through lack of experience with that language or because of other factors that create a roadblock in the brain), they will struggle to retrieve the sounds inside of words that must be attached to letters in order to become a proficient reader. Non-literate adult learners perform very poorly on traditional PA tasks such as phoneme deletion or substitution (Liberman, Rubin, Duques, & Carlisle, 1985; Lukatela, Carello, Shankweiler & Liberman, 1995; Morias, Bertelson, Cary & Alegria, 1986). Develop the fundamental reading skills of phoneme manipulation, auditory processing, fluency and spelling as you play the game. |
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