phonemic
Relating to sounds
Phonemic means relating to phonemes—the smallest units of sound that distinguish one word from another in a language.
The difference between "bat" and "pat" is phonemic because swapping the initial sounds changes meaning.
Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate these sounds, a foundational skill in learning to read.
Identifying traits or qualities
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- neutralizationCanceling opposing forces
- contrastiveShowing opposition or difference
- significativeConveying meaning or import
Sound notation system
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- notationSystem of written symbols
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- diacriticsMarks altering letter pronunciation
broad transcription · narrow transcription · slashes · brackets · romanization · transliteration
Letters with unblocked airflow
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
- segmentalDivided into sections
- toneQuality of sound
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
Sound-based reading instruction
- literacyAbility to read, write
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- segmentingDividing into portions
Positional sound variants
- free variationInterchangeable linguistic variants
- phonemicsStudy of language sounds
- structuralistPattern-and-system theorist
- taxonomicOf systematic categorization
distinctive features
Identifying traits or qualities
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- neutralizationCanceling opposing forces
- contrastiveShowing opposition or difference
IPA
Sound notation system
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- notationSystem of written symbols
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
diacritics · broad transcription · narrow transcription · slashes · brackets · romanization · transliteration
vowels
Letters with unblocked airflow
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
- segmentalDivided into sections
- toneQuality of sound
phonics
Sound-based reading instruction
allophones
Positional sound variants
- free variationInterchangeable linguistic variants
- phonemicsStudy of language sounds
- structuralistPattern-and-system theorist
listener
One who attends aurally
- processingSystematic operation on data
- phoneticsvocal folds, consonants, vowels, vibration, fricatives