Phonogram (linguistics)

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/phonogram-linguistics

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the linguistic unit?A grapheme or sequence of graphemes representing a phoneme or syllable
2. What is the etymology?From Ancient Greek 'phōnḗ' (sound) and 'grắphō' (writing)
3. What is a phonogram?A phonogram is a written symbol that represents a sound, called a phoneme. It is the smallest unit that shows how a word is spoken.
4. How does the digraph "sh" work as a phonogram?The digraph "sh" is made of two letters, "s" and "h", but together they make one sound /ʃ/. They cannot be split into separate sounds in this context.

Phonogram: A graphemic unit representing a phoneme or syllable in a written language.
Grapheme: The smallest meaningful unit in a written language, which may be a single letter or a group of letters.
Phoneme: The smallest unit of sound in a language that can differentiate meaning between words.
Logogram: A written symbol that represents a word or morpheme, rather than a sound.