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Phoneme

A phoneme (/ˈfoʊniːm/) is a set of similar speech sounds that are perceptually regarded by the speakers of a language as a single basic sound—the smallest possible phonetic unit—that helps distinguish one word from another. All languages contain phonemes (or the spatial–gestural equivalent in sign languages), and all spoken languages include both…

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Background and related ideas

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Numbers of phonemes in different languages

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Conceptual basis; theory of the definition of phonemes

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Neutralization and archiphonemes

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Overview

Conceptual basis; theory of the definition of phonemes

Assignment of speech sounds to phonemes

Suprasegmental phonemes

Distribution of allophones

Background and related ideas

Restrictions on occurrence

Biuniqueness

Neutralization and archiphonemes

Morphophonemes

Numbers of phonemes in different languages

Non-uniqueness of phonemic solutions

Correspondence between letters and phonemes

Phonemes in sign languages

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Phoneme

Nodes178
Edges177
Triples206
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011236
Components1

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Phoneme

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related to background · 21
Phoneme → Ancient Greek, As, Courtenay, Daniel Jones, Dufriche-Desgenettes, Edward Sapir, Ferdinand, Jan Baudouin, Later, Leonard Bloomfield, Mikołaj Kruszewski, Morris Halle, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Noam Chomsky, Polish, Prague School, Sapir, Saussure, Sechuana Language, Some
related to Non-uniqueness of phonemic solutions · 19
Phoneme → Although, Australian English, Different, During, English, English Phonology, General American, God's Truth, Householder, It, Kenneth Pike, Received Pronunciation, Smith, Some, The, There, These, Trager, Yuen Ren Chao
related to Numbers of phonemes in different languages · 17
Phoneme → Across, All, Arrernte, As, At, Bantu, Different, Ngwe, Papuan, Pirahã, Puinave, Rotokas, Tauade, The, The English, Ubykh, Xóõ
related to Phonemes in sign languages · 17
Phoneme → American Sign Language, As, ASL, Brentari, For, He, Just, Kooij, Latin, More, Sandler, Sign, Some, Stokoe, Stokoe's, Van, William Stokoe's
related to Conceptual basis; theory of the definition of phonemes · 13
Phoneme → Allophones, Alternatively, American English, An, ASCII, Correspondence, For, Generally, However, IPA, There, While, X-SAMPA
related to overview · 13
Phoneme → Another, English, For, French, International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA, On, Phonemes, Since, Spanish, Specifically, Such, The
related to Correspondence between letters and phonemes · 12
Phoneme → Also, Classical Latin, English, German, However, In, Italian, Latin, Phonemes, The, There, This
related to Biuniqueness · 10
Phoneme → An, Biuniqueness, For, In, It, Morris Halle, Noam Chomsky, North American English, The, This
related to Chereme · 10
Phoneme → Ancient Greek, Cheremes, Cherology, Gallaudet University, Instead, Once, Stokoe's, The, These, William Stokoe
see also · 10
Phoneme → Adjacent, Alphabetic, Alternate, Any, Concept, How, Phenomenon, Phonological, Predictable, Sequence

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phonemes languages language english sounds example one words may phonetic different phonemic vowel used sound two minimal phonology word allophones

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Phonemeis asound or a group of different sounds perceived to have the same function by speakers of the language or dialect in question0.90text
rueinstance ofwhich distinguishes words0.80text
X-SAMPA exist to represent IPA symbols using only ASCII charactersinstance ofsystems0.80text
catinstance ofwhich occurs in words0.80text
kitinstance ofwhich occurs in words0.80text
scatinstance ofwhich occurs in words0.80text
skitinstance ofwhich occurs in words0.80text
vowelsinstance ofSuprasegmental phonemesBesides segmental phonemes0.80text
consonantsinstance ofSuprasegmental phonemesBesides segmental phonemes0.80text
there are also suprasegmental features of pronunciationinstance ofSuprasegmental phonemesBesides segmental phonemes0.80text
Mandarin Chinese in which a given syllable can have five different tonal pronunciationsinstance ofPhonemic tones are found in languages0.80text
English do not have phonemic toneinstance ofLanguages0.80text

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