1. To break a word into its sounds by tapping out or counting the sounds or by pronouncing and positioning a marker for eachsound (e. g. “How many phonemes are there in ship? ” (three: /ʃ/ /ɪ/ /p/)) is referred to the ability of _______.
(A) phoneme isolation
(B) phoneme categorization
(C) phoneme identity
(D) phoneme segmentation