Asked by armando
The smallest distinctive sound units in a language that an individual can distinguish are __________.
A.
semantics
B.
phonemes
C.
morphemes
D.
syntaxes
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B. phonemes
Phonemes are the smallest distinctive sound units in a language that can change meaning. (Morphemes are the smallest meaningful units; semantics = meaning; syntax = sentence structure.)
Phonemes are the smallest distinctive sound units in a language that can change meaning. (Morphemes are the smallest meaningful units; semantics = meaning; syntax = sentence structure.)
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