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JMatthes

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The study of the smallest unit of speech sound that can be used to distinguish one utterance from another in a particular language is called ____.
 
  a. discourse
 b. phonemics
 c. phonetics
 d. allophonics

Question 2

It is estimated that one language dies out about every ____.
 
  a. month
 b. three months
  c. six months
 d. year


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


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