What is the smallest meaningful unit of sound in a language? Provide an example.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The phoneme is the smallest meaningful unit of sound in a language.
2. An example is the phonemes /b/ and /c/. These are meaningful in English because changing the phoneme at the beginning of a word changes its meaning (e.g., bat, cat).
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