Which of the following is/are correct ? a. | b | is an allophone of | p |. b. | p | and | b | are…
Statements b and d are correct: /p/ and /b/ distinguish words such as ‘pat’ and ‘bat’, and each language has its own phoneme inventory. They are separate phonemes in…
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Which of the following is/are correct ?
a. | b | is an allophone of | p |.
b. | p | and | b | are phonemes.
c. The smallest unit at the level of the word is a phoneme.
d. Each language has its own set of phonemes.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Statements b and d are correct: /p/ and /b/ distinguish words such as ‘pat’ and ‘bat’, and each language has its own phoneme inventory. They are separate phonemes in English, rather than allophones of one phoneme. A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in word structure; a phoneme is a contrastive sound unit.
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