Phonemes which effect meaning change in the same linguistic environment are said to be in ____________?
Correct answer: A. Contrastive distribution
- A. Contrastive distribution
- B. Complementary distribution
- C. Non__contrastive distribution
- D. None of the abovE.
Explanation
Phonemes are in contrastive distribution when replacing one with another in the same environment changes meaning, as /p/ and /b/ do in pin and bin. Complementary distribution describes non-contrastive allophones occurring in different environments.
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