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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Phonetics

what is the difference between a morpheme , a phoneme and an allophone? and if possible could u provide examples for each; please?
  

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A phoneme is a sound that is perceived as a "separate sound" and that changes the meaning of words. / is a phoneme that is found in the word "ship". The only difference between "sheep" and "ship" is one phoneme.

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  • A phoneme is a sound that is perceived as a "separate sound" and that changes the meaning of words.
  • / is a phoneme that is found in the word "ship".
  • The only difference between "sheep" and "ship" is one phoneme.
  • An allophone is a way of pronouncing one phoneme that doesn't change the way the phoneme is perceived, and so doesn't change the meaning of words.
  • The word "lip" starts with the /l/ phoneme, and the word "call" ends with the same /l/ phoneme.
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A phoneme is a sound that is perceived as a "separate sound" and that changes the meaning of words. For example, /i/ is a phoneme that is found in the word "sheep", and /?/ is a phoneme that is found in the word "ship". The only difference between "sheep" and "ship" is one phoneme.

An allophone is a way of pronouncing one phoneme that doesn't change the way the phoneme is perceived, and
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