Linguisticschapter211.15范例.pptVIP

Task Minimal pair test: Look at the following pairs of words, try to identify the phonemes in English? and explain why. Seed [si:d] / deem [di:m] Soup [su:p] / seem [si:m] Wood [wu:d] / foot [fu:t] Sky [skai] / skip [skip] e.g. “feat, fit, fat, fate, fight, foot” {pig, big}; {tip, dip}; {ship, sheep}; {said, says: set, sell}; {pat: bat: mat}. Phonetic similarity: the allophones of the same phoneme must bear some phonetic resemblance. Complementary distribution: the allophones of the same phoneme do not distinguish meaning, and never