Phones vs phonemes

Phones

Are segments of the Word Phone is a speech sound which is

represented with phonetic symbols. It may refered to any speech sound or

gesture withouth regard of its place in phonology of a language.

Phonemes

Is the smallest structural unit that distinguishes meaning in language.

Set of phones or a set of sounds features Group of sounds (which speakers usually think as a one sound) Have several allophones

Phonemes are the basic sounds. Are based on spoken language and

recorded by IPA International Phonetic Alphabet

Are written between slashes.

We use the method of building MINIMAL PAIRS to discover whether a sound is a significant one or not. So that we can say that in English p and b are phonemes, because they make a distinction for instance between the minimal pairs 'pat' and 'bat'.