Phonology
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Minimal Pairs in English/definitions/ examples
Minimal pairs Minimal pair – two words, word forms, or morphemes of a given language, differing only in one phoneme…
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Free variation examples/in English/effects and examples
Free variation In linguistics, free change is the phenomenon of two (or more) sounds or forms arising in the same…
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Contrastive distribution with examples/definition/Phonology/morphology/syntax
Contrastive distribution Contrast distribution in linguistics, as opposed to complementary distribution or free variation, is a relationship between two different…
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Complementary distribution with examples and details
Complementary distribution In linguistics, complementary distribution, as opposed to comparative distribution and free variation, is a relationship between two different…
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Epenthesis examples/definition/explanation
Epenthesis An epenthesis also: lute insertion, sound activation ) is the addition of a word to a linguistic tone to facilitate pronunciation (without etymological motivation). epenthesis…
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Intonation and its types and features with description
1.0 Intonation In any language, intonation serves for the external design of the sentence, as it gives the sentence semantic…
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Elision in phonetics/definition/functions/examples in literature
Elision and its Functions In colloquial English, the sonant [ r ] is sometimes pronounced after the vowels [ə] and…
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Vowel digraphs examples/definition/consonant digraphs
Digraphs Certain letters combined form a single sound and when this occurs it is called a digraph.Traditionally these combinations were…
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What is an example of ellipsis/definition/uses/types
Ellipsis The ellipsis (…) is a punctuation mark that is represented graphically with three points. There are only three, they are placed…
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Types of syllables in English/definition/split word/identification
Syllables A syllable can be a letter, and sometimes a whole group of consonants and vowels, which the English pronounce…
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