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| + | Allophones are variant forms of a sound. In English, for example, the sound 't' can be pronounced two different ways. At the beginning of a syllable, as in ''top'', it is pronounced with a burst of air ([[Aspiration (definition)|aspiration]]) transcribed <nowiki>[tʰ]</nowiki>; after an "s" sound, as in ''stop'' it is pronounced without this burst of air (transcribed <nowiki>[t]</nowiki>). [tʰ] and [t] are allophones of an underlying phoneme /t/. | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | *[[Phoneme (definition)]] | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | Be careful with Wikipedia Pages, they can be edited by anyone and often contain incorrect information | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone | ||
| + | *http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAnAllophone.htm | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *Crystal, David (1999) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.'' Oxford: Blackwell. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:15, 3 June 2012
Allophones are variant forms of a sound. In English, for example, the sound 't' can be pronounced two different ways. At the beginning of a syllable, as in top, it is pronounced with a burst of air (aspiration) transcribed [tʰ]; after an "s" sound, as in stop it is pronounced without this burst of air (transcribed [t]). [tʰ] and [t] are allophones of an underlying phoneme /t/.
See Also
External Links
Be careful with Wikipedia Pages, they can be edited by anyone and often contain incorrect information
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone
- http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAnAllophone.htm
References
- Crystal, David (1999) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford: Blackwell.
