SPHR 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Knish, Minimal Pair, Fricative Consonant
12 Oct 2016
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That can occur together or positions in words. V a cv no ccv flew cccv spree. Vc at cvc not ccvc flute cccvc spleen. Vcc ask cvcc ramp ccvcc flutes ccccvc strength. Vccc asked cvccc ramps ccvccc crafts cccvccc strengths. Unit of linguistic structure just as significant to a native speaker as the word or sentence: Slips of the tongue reveal what a native speaker knows to be a phoneme. 2 sounds occur in the same phonetic environment & using 1 vs the other changes meaning. 2 sounds can alternate depending on the phonetic environment & using 1 vs the other does not change meaning. No minimal pair exists for the 2 sounds. Different pronunciation does not make a difference in meaning- you are free to pronounce any way you like. [p] [p)] and [ph] are all allophones of the phoneme /p/ A map between phonemic and phonetic elements. /t/ / stress v ___ unstressed v.
