Phoneme Substitution

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.

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What does it mean to substitute a phoneme?

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To substitute a phoneme means to replace one sound in a word with another sound to create a new word.

Front

What is the medial sound in the word 'bat'?

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The medial sound in 'bat' is /a/.

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What is the initial sound in the word 'cat'?

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The initial sound in 'cat' is /k/.

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If you change the medial sound in 'pan' to /a/, what is the new word?

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The new word is 'pan' (no change, as it already has /a/ in the medial position).

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If you change the initial sound in 'cup' to /k/, what is the new word?

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The new word is 'cup' (no change, as it already starts with /k/).

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What is an example of a word that can change its medial sound to /a/?

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An example is 'fan', which can change to 'fan' (no change, as it already has /a/ in the medial position).

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What is an example of a word that can change its initial sound to /k/?

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An example is 'bat', which can change to 'cat'.

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What happens when you change the medial sound in 'fan' to /a/?

Back

The new word is 'fan' (no change, as it already has /a/ in the medial position).

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What is the new word if you change the initial sound in 'bat' to /k/?

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The new word is 'kat'.