________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ?
Correct answer: A. Syllable
- A. Syllable
- B. Stress
- C. Intonation
- D. Pitch.
Explanation
A syllable is a larger unit of speech built around a vowel or syllabic sound and may contain one or more phonemes. Stress, intonation and pitch describe features of speech rather than this structural unit.
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