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- Created by: ewelyn
- Created on: 31-05-19 07:07
1. Define minimal pair
- When two words are identical with the exception of one phoneme in the same place
- When two words in a sequence both have the same number of phonemes and also have the least
- Two phones that make up one sound
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2. Define allophone
- When there is only one version of a phoneme
- Different versions of the same phoneme
- Different versions on the same phone
- When there is only one version of a phone
3. What is one possible explanation as to why some consonant clusters are more common and acceptable in English than other clusters?
- It just worked out that way
- The more common and acceptable consonant clusters are part of the same natural class of sounds
- The influence of other languages on English
4. What will substituting one allophone for another result in?
- Different pronunciations of the same word
- A different word with a different meaning
5. Define assimilation
- When the first or last phoneme of one word takes on a feature of the next or previous word in a sequence
- Dropping a phoneme from a word when speaking for efficiency
- When the first phoneme of one word takes on the feature the last phoneme in the previous word
- When the last phoneme of one word takes on the feature of the first phoneme of the next word
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