The /a/ sound in the word cake is a ____.
A) phoneme
B) syntactic convention
C) semantic symbol
D) morpheme

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word. In the word cake, the /a/ sound is a phoneme because it differentiates it from words like kike or coke. Syntactic conventions are rules that govern the structure of sentences, semantic symbols are units of meaning, and morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a word.

The /A/ Sound in the Word Cake Is a ____