In the word “books”, the “b” sound is a _____ while the “s” sound is a _____. Group of answer choices phoneme and a morpheme ; morpheme phoneme and a morpheme ; phoneme morpheme; phoneme and a morpheme phoneme; phoneme and a morpheme
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- A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that distinguishes one word from another. - A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language, which can be a word or part of a word. Show more…
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