In phonology , the domain of language , a phoneme is the smallest discrete unit or distinctive (that is to say, to distinguish words from each other) that can be isolated by segmentation in the spoken chain. A phoneme is actually an abstract entity, which may correspond to multiple sounds. It is indeed likely to be pronounced differently depending on the speakers or by its position and environment within the word (see allophone ). The phones are also different realizations of a phoneme. For example Phonemes of French

See List of French spellings of phonemes ^{The paragoge: figure of speech by adding the phoneme (s)}

The paragoge is the addition of one or more word-final phonemes. It is also said epithesis. An example is the addition of an "s" at the end of "up" to form "till" to facilitate connections.

Related articles

• Phonology ;
• allophone ;
• distribution of phonemes ;
• phonetics ;
• Language
• archiphoneme
• alteration of phonemes: the sandhi in Sanskrit ;
• List of French spellings of phonemes ;

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