Which of the following correct pairings links each given word (with underlined consonant s… — JAMB UTME

Which of the following correct pairings links each given word (with underlined consonant spellings) to its corresponding phonetic consonant sound?

'schism' matches /s/, 'rough' matches /f/, 'vision' matches /ʒ/, and 'soldier' matches /dʒ/.

Each word correctly aligns with its exact consonant phoneme: 'schism' has /s/, 'rough' has /f/, 'vision' has /ʒ/, and 'soldier' has /dʒ/.

Analyze the sound of the underlined trigraph 'sch' in 'schism'.

The spelling 'sch' in 'schism' yields the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/.

In English words of Greek origin like 'schism', 'sch' produces the simple /s/ consonant sound.

Identify the sound of the underlined digraph 'gh' in 'rough'.

The terminal digraph 'gh' produces the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/.

In words such as 'rough', 'tough', and 'cough', the grapheme 'gh' is phonetically realized as /f/.

Determine the sound of the underlined letter 's' in 'vision'.

The intervocalic 's' produces the voiced post-alveolar fricative /ʒ/.

The spelling 's' preceding suffix '-ion' undergoes palatalization to yield /ʒ/.

Examine the sound of the underlined letter 'd' in 'soldier'.

The letter 'd' produces the voiced palato-alveolar affricate /dʒ/.

Palatalization transforms the alveolar plosive /d/ into the affricate /dʒ/ in 'soldier'.

Orthographic variations and non-standard grapheme-to-phoneme mappings in English consonant sounds.

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