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{{r|Phoneme}}

{{r|Phoneme}}

...[[word (language)|word]]s.<ref>[[Japanese language|Japanese]] has a single phoneme /r/ to represent ''l'' and ''r'', while English contains two, i.e. /l/ and ...ref>See Chomsky & Halle (1968) for the first major work that abandoned the phoneme as a true unit of phonology, in favour of more abstract ''phonological feat

...rea. ''Hangeul'' symbols are [[letter (alphabet)|letters]], representing [[phoneme]]s, but they are arranged into groups of [[syllable]]s, so the [[written la

...raphy)|digraph]]. Examples of digraphs in English include ch, sh and th. A phoneme can also be represented by three letters, called a [[trigraph (orthography

...]]s or [[syllable]]s that differ in only one component, such as a single [[phoneme]], are called a '''minimal pair'''. Minimal pairs are widely used in langua

...generally, a system might represent 'sounds' in a very abstract way (a ''[[phoneme|phonemic]]'' system), or its symbols may directly represent [[word]]s, and .... <t> means 'the letter ''t'''.</ref> for instance, usually represents the phoneme /t/ in English, and so the many ways /t/ might actually be [[pronunciation|

...], involving different placement of the [[tongue]]. This difference is ''[[phoneme|phonemic]]'': substituting one for another produces a different [[word]], e The [[orthography]] of Irish consists of the set of rules and [[grapheme]]-[[phoneme]] (sound-[[letter (alphabet)|letter]]) correspondences used to [[written la

...tion]]. In an [[alphabet]]ic script, this also includes its [[grapheme]]-[[phoneme]] ([[letter (alphabet)|letter]]-sound) correspondences.<ref>''Script'' refe

...rtially and fully voiced [[plosives]] act as physical productions of the [[phoneme]]s /p t k/ in both languages.

...d (a game).' The voiced velar plosive /ɡ/ also seems to be only a marginal phoneme. ...d equally be classified as either an allophone of /k/ or as an independent phoneme, /ç/.

...[[syllable]] of the language, while an [[alphabet]] records individual ''[[phoneme]]s''. Other systems involve symbols that usually incorporate meaning, such

...], involving different placement of the [[tongue]]. This difference is ''[[phoneme|phonemic]]'': substituting one for another produces a different [[word]], e

The phoneme /v/ occurs in many languages, but is absent in many others; many speakers m

...inguistics. [[Phonology]] (and its theoretical developments, such as the [[phoneme]]) deals with how [[native speaker]]s pronounce their languages. [[Syntax]]

...in which [[letter (alphabet)|letters]], or groups of letters, represent [[phoneme]]s (units of [[language (general)|language]] perceived as distinct sounds i

Chomsky and Halle's work rejected the concept of the [[phoneme]] as a true unit of linguistic analysis; rather, abstract [[phonological fe

...'[[gu]]''' before ''e, i'' ||[ɣ~g]<br>(variation depending on the previous phoneme) ||[ɣ] is between English ''g'' and ''h''.<br>[g] is like English ''g'' in ...[gu]]''' before ''a, o''|| [ɣw~gw]<br>(variation depending on the previous phoneme)||[ɣw] is between English ''gw'' and ''wh''.<br>[gw] is like English ''gw'

...ning, as well as the more familiar distinctions made through contrasting [[phoneme]]s. There are four tones in Mandarin, so the following are [[minimal pair]] ...-finally (and, for some speakers, [r]). These nasals are arguably a single phoneme which varies depending on whether the preceding vowel is pronounced towards