Question

The lack of correspondence between a phoneme and the physical speed sound is known as?

1) Irrelevant sound effect
2) Zipf Law
3) Segmentation problem
4) Shannon-Fano Principle

Answer 1

None of the options provided address the concept of phonemes and their lack of correspondence to sound speed. Phonemes pertain to linguistic sounds, not the physical speed of sound which remains nearly constant across frequencies in air.

Step-by-step explanation:

The lack of correspondence between a phoneme and the physical speed of sound is not explicitly addressed by any of the options provided, as they all pertain to different concepts unrelated to phonology. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning, but they do not have a direct relationship to the physical properties of sound, such as its speed. The speed of sound is nearly independent of its frequency within the audible range, and all frequencies travel at nearly the same speed in open air.