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N any of several speech sounds that are regarded as contextual or environmental variants of the same phoneme. In English the aspirated initial (p) in pot and the unaspirated (p) in spot are allophones of the phoneme /p/ 音位变体
What are the differences among phone, phoneme and allophone?
音素、音位和音位变体有什么区别?
Allophone: The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the allophones of that phoneme.
在不同的语音环境中能够代表同一个音位的不同音素叫作音位的音位变体。
Honesty policy for problem sets: General discussion of the assignments with other students is acceptable and encouraged e. g. "Remind me, how do I know if something is an allophone?"
习题的诚实政策:和同学讨论作业是可接受且被鼓励的(例如“再跟我讲一次,怎样算是同位音?”)
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