Phonemes are the building blocks of language. Represented by letters of the alphabet, they are the component sounds of spoken words. Most people automatically hear, for example, that the word ...

For example: if you were asked to make up a word you would be more likely to say something like “plond” rather than “plofw”. This is because the underlying knowledge you have of the English language ...

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that makes up a word. For example, the word 'bat' is made up of three small sounds or phonemes. They are b-a-t. Phonemes are the building blocks of language ...