IdentifyingphonemesandallophonesThedistributionof识别和音位变体分布.doc

Phonemes and Phonetic Variants The distribution of speech sounds the set of phonetic environments in which a phone occurs in English, vowels preceding a nasal consonant become nasalized bead [bid] bead [b?n] pit [phIt] pin [ph?n] in English, voiceless stops –/p/, /t/, /k/ -in word-initial position become aspirated top [thap] stop [stap] pot [pht] spot [spat] cop [khap] Scot [skat] in English, voiceless stops –/p/, /t/, /k/ - in word-final position, at the end of an utterance, can be unreleased mop [map?] Where’s the mop? bit [bIt?] Can I have a bit? pick [phIk?]