What is a phoneme?
= smallest meaning-distinguishing sound unit in a language system
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What is a phone?
= concrete realisation of a phoneme / speech sound
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What is a minimal pair?
= pairs of words that differ in exactly one phonological element, such as a phoneme, and have distinct meanings
What is an allophone?
= variant of a morpheme in certain positions /
several phonological realisations of a morpheme
occurs either in complementary distribution with other allophones or as a free variant
What is a morpheme?
= smallest meaning-bearing units of language
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What is a morph?
= segmented (not yet classified) unit
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