Glossary P

Deutsch: Phonem / Español: Fonema / Português: Fonema / Français: Phonème / Italiano: Fonema

Phoneme is defined as the smallest or minimal unit of speech sound that can be used to distinguish one utterance in a given language from another; a smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful difference in a given language. Phoneme, moreover is the shortest segment of speech that, if changed, would change the meaning of a Word.

In psychology, particularly in the fields of cognitive and developmental psychology, a phoneme refers to the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning. Phonemes play a critical role in understanding how individuals learn language and how they process spoken and written communication.

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Deutsch: Phonemgrenze / Español: Límite fonémico / Português: Limite fonêmico / Français: Limite phonémique / Italiano: Limite fonemico /

Phoneme boundary refers to the location on a continuum of change in some acoustic property of a sound where the listener 's perception of the sound changes from one phoneme to another.

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Phoneme boundary effect refers to the phenomenon in which the same acoustic difference, such as a 20-millisecond difference in voice onset time (VOT) is perceptible if the two (2) st

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Phonemes refer to the smallest units of sound in spoken language that make a difference in the meaning of words.

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Phonemic awareness refers to the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the sounds of spoken language.

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Phonemic paraphasias refer to errors of word usage of similar- sounding words, for example, using the word bark for tarp.

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Phonemic restoration refers to a top-down process in which the listener uses the context to restore Phonemes missing from

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Phonemic restoration effect refers to an effect that occurs in Speech perception when listeners perceive a phoneme in a word even though the acoustic signal of that phoneme is obscure

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