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		Definition of phoneme in English: phonemenoun ˈfəʊniːmˈfoʊnim Phonetics Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat. 〔语音〕音位。比较ALLOPHONE  Compare with allophone Example sentencesExamples -  For example, a vowel phoneme cannot exist without a pitch, but pitch may exist as a dimension without any linguistic properties.
 -  They can distinguish between any two sounds which represent distinct phonemes in any of the world's languages.
 -  The English language is an alphabetic system, meaning that our written symbols correspond to the separate sounds, or phonemes, in spoken language.
 -  Whereas the five classic vowel letters match the five vowel phonemes of a language like Spanish, they are insufficient to distinguish the much larger number of vowel phonemes of English.
 -  He was able to complete items requiring deletion of syllables and initial phonemes but had difficulty with items requiring deletion of final phonemes or phonemes within a word.
 
 
 OriginLate 19th century: from French phonème, from Greek phōnēma 'sound, speech', from phōnein 'speak'.    Definition of phoneme in US English: phonemenounˈfoʊnimˈfōnēm Phonetics Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat. 〔语音〕音位。比较ALLOPHONE  Compare with allophone Example sentencesExamples -  The English language is an alphabetic system, meaning that our written symbols correspond to the separate sounds, or phonemes, in spoken language.
 -  He was able to complete items requiring deletion of syllables and initial phonemes but had difficulty with items requiring deletion of final phonemes or phonemes within a word.
 -  For example, a vowel phoneme cannot exist without a pitch, but pitch may exist as a dimension without any linguistic properties.
 -  They can distinguish between any two sounds which represent distinct phonemes in any of the world's languages.
 -  Whereas the five classic vowel letters match the five vowel phonemes of a language like Spanish, they are insufficient to distinguish the much larger number of vowel phonemes of English.
 
 
 OriginLate 19th century: from French phonème, from Greek phōnēma ‘sound, speech’, from phōnein ‘speak’.     |