The Smallest Unit of Sound That Can Be Distinctly Recognized

question 195

Multiple Choice

The smallest unit of sound that can be distinctly recognized in a language is known as a

• A)morpheme
• B)semantic unit
• C)proposition
• D)phoneme

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