The Systematic Identification and Description of Distinctive Speech Sounds in a Language

question 30

Multiple Choice

The systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a language is called:

• A)grammar.
• B)morphology.
• C)linguistics.
• D)phonetics.
• E)phonemes.

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Definitions:

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