Individual speech sounds are composed of characteristic groups of frequencies known as:
A) phonemes.
B) spectrograms
C) formants.
D) morphemes.

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Individual speech sounds are composed of characteristic groups of frequencies known as formants. Phonemes refer to the smallest units of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word. Spectrograms are visual representations of speech sounds. Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language.

Individual Speech Sounds Are Composed of Characteristic Groups of Frequencies