phonemes

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The researchers also tested traditional linguistic elements such as phonemes and morphemes.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

According to Rendell, the evidence shows whales are mainly repeating the same phoneme over and over again instead of actually combining varieties of phonemes into complex words.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

"This system is trained to know what words should come before other ones, and which phonemes make what words," study co-author Dr Frank Willett, Stanford said.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023

Teachers in kindergarten through second grade will be required to use a phonics-based curriculum, which teaches the 44 unique sounds in the English language known as phonemes.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022

For example, English transcribes about 40 phonemes with a mere 26 letters.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond