Concept:Phonemes are the smallest distinctive units of sound in a spoken language.
Explanation:A phoneme itself has no meaning, but changing a phoneme changes the word.
For example, /d/, /o/, /g/ are three phonemes that combine to form “dog”.
Phonemes are represented with slashes, e.g., /c/, /a/, /t/ for “cat”.
They help distinguish one word from another in a language.
Phonemes belong to the sound system, not to spelling or grammar.
Thus, phonemes refer to the sounds in a language, not to letters or meaning units.
Answer:C. sounds in a language