phoneme and allophone
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definiton of phoneme and allophoneTRANSCRIPT
Meaning Distinguisher Phoneme : A minimal unit of sound
capable of distinguishing words of different meaning
e.g. pin-bin
Families of Sound Phoneme : A group of one or more phone-
types that are phonetically similar either in complementary distribution or in free variation
e.g. /l/ [l],[l],[l] /p/ [p ],[p],[p ]
Two words in a language which differ from each other by only one distinctive sound (one phoneme) and also differ in meaning
Example: Pear – bear /peə/ - /beə/
Position: Initial : /kæt/-/ræt/ Medial: /∫ip/- /∫i:p/ Final : /bæd/-/ bædʒ/