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| − | + | Phonemes are sounds that make a contrast in meaning. For example, in English <nowiki>/p/ and /b/</nowiki> are different phonemes, because they distinguish the words ''pat'' and ''bat''. Variant pronunciations of a sound are called [[Allophone (definition)|allophones]]. At the ends of words in English, [[Aspiration (definition)|aspirated]] [[Stop (definition)|stops]] such as <nowiki> such as [pʰ] </nowiki> and [[Unaspirated (definition)|unaspirated]] stops such as <nowiki>[p]</nowiki> are allophones of the same phoneme /p/, because words like top can be pronounced as either [tʰɑpʰ] or [tʰɑp]. Traditionally phonemes are written between slashes (/ /) and allophones are transcribed in square brackets <nowiki> [ ] </nowiki>. | |
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 15 June 2012
Phonemes are sounds that make a contrast in meaning. For example, in English /p/ and /b/ are different phonemes, because they distinguish the words pat and bat. Variant pronunciations of a sound are called allophones. At the ends of words in English, aspirated stops such as such as [pʰ] and unaspirated stops such as [p] are allophones of the same phoneme /p/, because words like top can be pronounced as either [tʰɑpʰ] or [tʰɑp]. Traditionally phonemes are written between slashes (/ /) and allophones are transcribed in square brackets [ ] .
See Also
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
References
- Crystal, David (1997). Dictionary of linguistics and Phonetics. Malden: Blackwell
