What are phonemes and allophones?

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* complementary distribution

[@matthewbartsh9167]

Good vid, but it should have been [s] and [z] (not /s/ and /z/) are in contrastive distribution, so that you were comparing like with like, and not being circular (slashes indicate phonemes which by definition are in contrastive distribution). Phonemes are the smallest *word* (not meaning) distinguishing unit in a language. Adding a rising tone in English changes the meaning of an utterance from a statement to a question. That does not mean that a rising tone in English is a phoneme, because it does not change any word into a different word.

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@@saliuabubakar689 What do you mean, "What are you saying?"?

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Your voice and pronunciation of the words are so soothing. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. Thank you! Wish me luck in the exam

[@AzeLinguistics]

Thanks for your feedback! Good luck in your linguistic journey.

[@PhilosophySama]

This is top shelf stuff! You just helped me understand 2 chapters

[@katakurikona3260]

Yes, as others have said, this is a great video for explaining allophones, phones, and phonemes. thank you!

[@nkl1z-cc2zj]

GOAT! Better explained than my profs ever could. Thank you

[@jenny9139]

YASSS thank you; my professor did not explain this very well at all but you've helped me understand, and just in time -- my first exam is tomorrow

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[@laripolimata]

I didn't get the difference of aspirated p and /p/ in the English phonological system, once there are and and there's a difference of meaning

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I could hug you! Thank you for explaining so well :)

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well explained about phonemes and allophones

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[@stefanhansen5882]

First, I was skeptical due to the visual presentation, but this is the BEST explanation regarding phonemes and allophones I've seen. Thanks! :)

[@AzeLinguistics]

I am glad you found the material useful. See you around more often! :)

[@moka8267]

In Spanish, [s] and [z] are allophones, as no Spanish word contains the [z] sound. This allophony is most common in the dialects of Colombia and the west of Venezuela

[@LeMMe_TeaCh_Ya]

or in "mismo" 🙂

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Hello, Sir. I have never learnt linguistics and equally never had the chance to learn phonemes. But I am enjoying listening to this lecture. Thank you for sharing.

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That's pretty helpful, thanks for the video

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Very helpful.

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Thank you for this great explanation.

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[@AzeLinguistics]

🤓 Try playing the video faster.

[@user07840]

Thank you very much sir it very helpful💛💛 *i wish you make a video about the difference between morphemes and allomorphs

[@zoratr]

That's a clear explanation and that was very helpful. Thank you sir!

[@connorb5093]

Thank you for the most concise explanation of phonemes and allophones I've heard yet!!!! Super big help, man. thank you!

[@Maich38]

I'm not a native english speaker and I'm so very confused when it comes to phones and phonemes. I get and know all the facts, but I still don't fully understand the difference... Why are [p] and [b] two different phonemes and not two different phones? Just for the semantic meaning? Is /p/ only a sound and [p] we can put in a word that later has a semantic meaning? I'm so sorry for this, I hope you'll reply and help :) PS: thanks for the videos!

[@AzeLinguistics]

/b/ and /p/ are two morphemes in English because 'back' and 'pack' mean two different things, i.e. they are a minimal pair.

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Useful🤗

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Now i feel i'm learning

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Great explanation, makes sense now, thank[s] / thank[z] :-)

[@AzeLinguistics]

[-s] :)

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Just cristal clear! Thanks a lot for such an excellent and straightforward explanation.

[@ThuPham-pr5ed]

Thank you so much! your 10 minutes equalled to my 1,5 hours at uni :)

[@joshuagloria9060]

I kept hearing "sa" and "za" is that how it really sounds? Isn't it "ss" and "zz" ? Please enlighten me. Btw, thanks for the explanation.

[@AzeLinguistics]

One may say /sa/ or /za/ instead of /s/ or /z/ merely to pronounce it more easily and, more importantly, for it to be clearly heard. However, the sound is indeed /s/ or /z/.

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I'm glad someone understands all the bits and pieces of language because I sure as Hell don't, haha.

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5:55 this part kills me, you sound so unreasonably angry haha

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You got me!😅

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Thanks a lot !!

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I cannot thank you enough for this explanation. Saved my life.

[@berniemacs]

this is absolutely excellent and so masterfully presented, thank you

[@pxgvsvs]

So if we had a language with a set of only two words "Cat" and "Tap" , both meaning lets say the Sun, them /k/ and /t/ wouldnt be conclude to be different phonemes dispite the noticeble difference between the [k] and [t] sounds?

[@AzeLinguistics]

The key is "noticeable". In a language where two sounds are allophones of the same phoneme, the allophones would not be cognitively 'noticeably' different.

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I thank u alot! Greetings from Germany my friend

[@juliedoner1181]

you spelled complementary wrong, FYI but great video

[@AzeLinguistics]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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This was so helpful. I was really confused before watching your video, but you explained it clearly which was exactly what I needed. Thank you!

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5 mins before exam . Hope this helps me

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Good video on alophones

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I just leaned about this whole field 2h ago, my mind is blown away, this is reallllly clear thnaks

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[@mayurisooriyampola7888]

Quite simply put it. Got a clear picture of phoneme and allophones. Thanks

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Thank you for the most conscience explantion phonemes and allones

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Thank you so much, just what I needed

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Good explanation. Thank you so much..

[@Tadeodovn]

That's a clear explanation and that was very helpful. And could you help me to answer this: "How are phonemes classified? "

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Thank you. Very complete!

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Thank sir😗

[@carlosortiz4211]

This explanation fits the definition of succinct

[@Daria-dari-dobro]

Thank you very much for this video! Could you please clarify, in Korean [p] and [ph] are allophones or separate phonemes? Thank you in advance

[@ManuEnergetico]

These sounds are phonemes in Korean.

[@theophonchana5025]

#phoneme #allophone #initial_consonant #initial_p #initial_sound #aspiration #aspirated_consonant #aspirated_p #p_aspiration #consonant_cluster #consonant_cluster_sp #final_consonant #final_p #final_sound

[@luffy_ops57]

Hey Sr, first thank you. If we substitute one phoneme for another we will have a word with same meaning, but if we substitute one allophone for another we will have a difference in terms of pronunciation only... Is that correct?

[@AzeLinguistics]

No, it's the opposite. Replacing an allophone with another may, at its worst, make the pronunciation sound a bit off, e.g. pronouncing 'pat' with no aspiration on /p/, but replacing a sound with a different phoneme can render a new word, e.g. rendering 'cat' instead of 'pat'.

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Excellent

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What's difference between phones, phonetics, phonemes and phonology??

[@cuchhiman3272]

I find your video very useful ❤

[@leentalab3872]

Perfect explanation 👌 thx❤

[@NUSORCA]

Two phones Can you find two words that are semantically different only by the two phones themselves in the target language? Yes, then they are two different phonemes. If not, then they are the same phoneme

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[@bAhrinBAHRA]

good job thank you so much it is a really benfit lesson

[@wyattscott4208]

6:30 To me [pi] sounds more like bee [bi] than pea [p^hi]

Where are you from? Thank you for the video. It helped me a lot.

[@Shans.Diary422]

Your explanation is comprehensible and is helpful to me. Thank you.

[@AC-et7ur]

what is the difference between a phone and phoneme?

[@aparnadas5277]

Nice

[@ramanujbaruah2200]

what does the symbol on p thats not an h mean?

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Thank you🙏

[@chvkl521]

So, all phonemes are actually phones as well?

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Thank You!!

[@hbowman108]

In English /h/ and /ŋ/ have no minimal pairs but are different phonemes. This is because the sounds do not resemble each other at all.

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[@נטעעיני]

very clear! Thank you :)

[@cohiciyutsa7406]

hello, are you also explain about non-distinctive features from Phonological rules?

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Thank you. Hail from Brazil!

[@gayatrigovalvanshinanda6921]

Informative and Educative Clear concise presentation of phonemes and allophones.👍🏽

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So is phonemic /bɅtƏr/ to the phonetic [bɅɾƏr] assimilation?

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