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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

minimal pair

Hi,
I got this question in my linguistics exam , it was not in our study materials:
Which words are NOT minimal pair...
A-bat/pat
B-right/write
C-kite/line

I selected B but I am not really sure. could you help me?

Thanks
  

Top answer

Only bat and pat are a minimal pair. Right and write are pronounced in exactly the same way. Kite and line have two phonemes that differ/

— Fivejedjon

  • Only bat and pat are a minimal pair.
  • Right and write are pronounced in exactly the same way.
  • Kite and line have two phonemes that differ/
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Only bat and pat are a minimal pair.

Right and write are pronounced in exactly the same way. Kite and line have two phonemes that differ/
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