The phrase "unit of speech" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the smallest meaningful element of language, such as a word or phrase, that conveys a specific meaning. It can also refer to the smallest unit of sound in a language, known as a phoneme. Example: "The word 'cat' is a basic unit of speech because it expresses a specific meaning and can stand alone in a sentence."
"Close observation reveals that this is a language comprising one recurring unit of speech: the interdiction".
A syllable is a unit of speech composed of a vowel sound or a combination of consonant and vowel sounds; the sounds pa, pe, pi, po, pu are different syllables and are easily distinguished in a word.
Close observation reveals this as a language composed of one recurring unit of speech: the interdiction -- highly nuanced, mutually imposed commands and strictures extending into the most minute areas of household affairs, social life, finances, speech, hygiene, allowable idiosyncrasies and so on.
For example, phonemes are the shortest, most basic unit of speech and last an average of 30 to 60 milliseconds.
Prosodic features of a unit of speech are called suprasegmental features since they affect all the segments of the unit.
Put in the simplest way, the HMM listens to 10- to 20-millisecond clips of your speech and looks for phonemes (the smallest unit of speech) to compare with pre-recorded speech.
Back to article (5) Tricolon: three units of speech put in a row.
Syllables are the most readily distinguishable units of speech; consequently, the earliest of the sound-based, or phonographic, writing systems are syllabic.
The syntax is made up of units of speech, the line of units of rhythm; the syntax speeds the poem to the pace of normal speech, while the line breaks it up and slows it down.
Karcevskij, he announced his hypothesis that phonemes, the smallest units of speech sounds that distinguish one word from another, are complexes of binary features, such as voiced/unvoiced and aspirated/unaspirated.
Oral Language K.4: The student will identify, say, segment, and blend various units of speech sounds.
