Define a phoneme'

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Define a phoneme.

• A contrastive phonological segment
• (a sound in a language that has meaning and is
  distinctive from all other sounds)

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How can we test for phonemes in a language?

• We can test for phonemes by use of minimal pairs

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Define phonology.

• Study of the ways in which speech sounds form
  systems and patterns
• Phonological knowledge permits a speaker
• To recognize foreign accents
• Invent words
• To make nouns plural
• To put verbs in past tense
• Omit/change sounds without changing words
• general, police, caterpillar, did you eat yet

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What is an allomorph

• A phonetic variation of one phoneme

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Phonology at Work

• Phonemic form
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• rules
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• Phonetic form

• Phonemic form
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• rules
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• Phonetic form