phonetic entity

NOUN

speech sound

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affricate click consonant diphthong fricative implosive liquid phone phonetic unit plosive sibilant sonant spirant syllable vocable

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phonetic entity

The first word, sing, is an indivisible phonetic entity conveying the notion of a certain specific activity.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

phonetic entity

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