Phonology and Phonetic Transcription - Department of Linguistics ...
Phonology and Phonetic Transcription - Department of Linguistics ...
Phonology and Phonetic Transcription - Department of Linguistics ...
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Phonemes vs. Allophones<br />
Some sounds are contrastive in a language, meaning<br />
that native speakers can hear the differences between<br />
them <strong>and</strong> these sounds make different words—like<br />
rock <strong>and</strong> lock, <strong>and</strong> talk, <strong>and</strong> walk<br />
Some sound differences are not contrastive—they<br />
are complementary, meaning that native speakers<br />
cannot hear the differences between them <strong>and</strong> they<br />
think <strong>of</strong> them as the same sound like the /p/ in top,<br />
pot, <strong>and</strong> spot.
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