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 change one sound in a word to create a new word.

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

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

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What is the final sound in the word 'bun'?

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The final sound in 'bun' is /n/.

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

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

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

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The new word is 'pan'.

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If you change the final sound in 'fin' to /n/, what is the new word?

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The new word is 'bun'.

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What happens when you change the initial sound in 'cat' to /k/?

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The word remains 'cat' because the initial sound is already /k/.

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What is an example of a word that changes to 'man' when the initial sound is changed to /m/?

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The word 'pan' changes to 'man'.

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What is the process of changing sounds in words called?

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The process is called phoneme substitution.