Phonemes & Allophones

[@VioletRaven.]

My intro to linguistics class just started on phonolgy today, and I walked out of class not having a clue what was going on and feeling totally defeated. This video made what I learned in class today all come together and actually make sense. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!

[@Natalia-jk1sr]

Thank you so much for clarifying in 10 minutes everything my prof jumbled into a 3 hour lecture

[@bca1945]

I guess your professor didn't give any example, did he?

[@luftim]

Are you still alive or are you dead? I mean 6 years :P

[@nebula1930]

No fr lol here i am 7 years after ur comment and having the exact same problem lol

[@zaymifacts_2333]

Yeah this lecture is great

[@evanashworth490]

Hi everyone, thanks so much for your comments! Also, Dr. Lecter, I was writing [stap] 'stop' and [tap] 'top' to demonstrate the difference between the unaspirated and aspirated [t]. Please don't eat me.

[@aaronmarks1324]

Good stuff, man!

[@evanashworth490]

Aaron Marks Thanks, Aaron!

[@salmahamdouch5502]

***** so helpful thank you Morocco

[@salmahamdouch5502]

***** so helpful thank you Morocco

[@evanashworth490]

étsh ay be Hi! Thanks for your feedback! In response to your question, basically, allophones are in complementary distribution, while phonemes are in contrastive distribution. Once you have identified that two or more sounds represent allophones of the same phoneme, you need to state the environment for each of those allophones. That is, you might notice that, for example, one allophone appears only between vowels, while another allophone occurs, for example, before nasal sounds. Of course, what counts as an allophone or as a phoneme will differ from language to language, so be sure to look closely for patterns that emerge in the dataset you are looking at. I hope that helps!

[@mostobnoxiouscorpse]

My god, half a year of linguistics and phonology lectures and only after this video did I actually understand what phonemes and allophones are, thank you so much!!

[@santaclaus2199]

the best tutor. even my university lecturers couldnt explain vividly and simply the way you did. thank you. fantastic work.

[@Sarah-cr9xy]

The video is simple, but you explained in 10 mins what my professor could not in 2 hr! What a great explanation! Thanks alot!

[@dilancakrtas2145]

I've been trying to understand these for ages but couldn't get anything even from lectures of proffessors at my school you're amazing!

[@ismailalsabahi4126]

No words to express your way of clarification. Amazing!

[@shahdkullab5588]

Teacher Evan is literally amazing, he got that clear confident voice, his smooth way to deliver information,and his sense of humor .🙌

[@blushymae]

This is absolutely wonderful. Concise and informative. I graduated from Linguistics BA years ago, so I couldn't have told you the difference without looking it up. Now I don't have to. I recalled it, and then you explained it so clearly. Thank you for this series.

[@bookmns]

I understood this perfectly within a short time whereas with my proof, I didn't really understand anything during our 4 hour class that focused on the phonemes' chapter. Thank you!

[@rudimomen4176]

to check my understanding as good as enough: a phoneme is the smallest unit of sounds that distinguish one word from another while allophones are the variant pronunciation of the same phoneme, the change of phoneme results in a whole change in the words meaning in contrast to allophones they Don't change the meaning but the pronunciation of the words may sound unfamiliar Thank u so much it's never been so easier than this

[@دموعالورد-ذ4س6ز]

thank you very much

[@曾黎俊]

"a phoneme is the smallest unit of sounds", here have a little bit of misunderstanding, a phoneme is not the smallest unit of sounds, it is just the mental unit of sounds in your mind, because a phoneme just exit in your mental, the mental represent of different sounds.

[@soulmate3998]

Rody Momen I got it from you.. Thanks

[@ninam.1838]

@@曾黎俊 Actually, a phoneme is the basic linguistic unit of phonology, if you want the exact definition.

[@SashaPalliyaGurU]

My god. Why nobody told me this lesson is so simple? You are a genius sir!

[@nicotorio8627]

Simple and easy explanation of something which appears abstract. Well-done!

[@syeda-x1j]

Wish you were my prof..youre so good at explaining things. You saved me. I watched all your videos to study for my finals exam coming on monday. Thank youuu

[@taniaben1542]

I can't thank you enough, I kept missing my linguistics classes and you just saved my life! Thank you

[@TheJuliannes]

Thank you so much to make this lesson much more clearer than my teacher. What a relief to have on the Internet people who knows how to teach in a simple way.

[@Josh-ht7ci]

Wow I've been watching all of your videos in the past 24 hours and I can't get enough. For someone who is really interested in linguistics and has to write a thesis about phonology this really helps and I'd hoped that there would be more on your channel. Greetings from Germany :)

[@mehdimerin9169]

I saw this man on a video talking about articulatory phonetics ... now that I discovered his channel just makes me comfortable for exams...

[@peaceful420]

By any measure you are a VERY EFFECTIVE speaker and educator.

[@nahuel2167]

Hi! Thank you for this video. I'm struggling with phonetics and especially the allophones part. Excelent way of clarifing what they are. Cheers!

[@elizasgaify]

You've just saved my life with this video, thank you so much. :)

[@estellcasty5240]

4years old but still useful! i'm french and I just understood in 10min with this english video something i didn't understant with 5months with a french teacher! thank you a lot

[@rogeliolazcano228]

I just came for help because my brain was bleeding while studying phonology. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart.

[@sunnyyang7751]

I got fully understood about the differences between phonemes and allophones!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[@malamcamara8082]

I would just like to thank you for what you've been doing since then till now.

[@imkiwi11]

My teacher at University wasnt able to explain it to me in my native language, but now, even in english, i got it! Thanks!

[@saeedibrahim2291]

Thank you much , i am student at English department and i couldn't comprehend when our teacher explain but now i get it

[@mridanoucha]

Oh my god I read 3 books about this but I couldn't make a diffrence between them yet you gave an amazing explanation about it , thanks a lot

[@danielgan3756]

Thank you this 10 min video solved my 5 hour problem.

[@qavjyeok7803]

One of the best linguistic teachers ever❤️❤️

[@k4eru20]

the quality never drops in these videos what a king

[@ostepop112]

THANK YOU!!! I've understood more now than i have the whole semester at uni! You are a life saver!!!

[@kandycane4751]

Im in love with the way u explain. I was struggling to understand these two concepts until i came across ur video. Awesome!

[@thinlaywoser6449]

Thank you so much for your enlightened teaching. i have been listening to most of your linguistic teaching. they are all fantastic! from a Tibetan in India

[@zizkhan5804]

The way, you taught,was really amazing...

[@ajbeard2444]

You are a good teacher and made this much easier to grasp than most things I've seen or read. Good job!

[@EminemFan825]

My linguistics professor has a very thick Chinese accent and doesn't explain things very well so I found this video to be quite informative and helpful. Thanks!

[@chenceline9532]

I’m a first year graduate student , thank you so much for your video,it helps me a lot !❤👍👍👍👍👍

[@VyseTheQuick99]

Thanks for this. My professor was having issues with Zoom today and this pretty much clarified today's lecture.

[@learnenglishwithhossam7281]

Actually you are great sir and you have to know that the number of watches and the number of subscribers can't express how knowledged the person is. sometimes the people who don't know anything about languages get high watches but this is not good . You are super great love you,sir. I am extremely happy that a person like you is my teacher

[@yesenialasalle4404]

Thank you sooooooo much for the clarification. I think watching your videos will help me pass the class!!

[@anotherjessreadsbooks]

omg thank you! I'm gonna watch every single video of yours and hopefully pass my history of english exam at uni! :)

[@ahh.2xd105]

@@wasteofanexistence 😂yeah I think

[@Pukhtana875]

🙄🙄🙄🙄what

[@redfiredrag5544]

Hey! German student here who studys English. U rlly helped me a lot! Thanks for that

[@davecloony5404]

Hats up for a great demonstration of these two linguistic features that I had problem grasping the meanings of them in my classes. Thank you!

[@ShantiMaria]

oh god thank you for this video, very well explained. I study English in Germany and it is my first semester, so you saved me :D

[@ApexVison_official]

i haven't attended my classes ....glad i found you on youtube , thank you so freaking much

[@lalaland7432]

Thank u I was hopeless!!! I hated my teacher I wondered why she didn’t bother her self with explaining this as u did Thank you so so so much 💚💚💚💚

[@ikramcsslaw91]

To the point graphic delivery of all distinctions of all phone, sir. Thanks alot

[@basharatfaaukir267]

I'm really impressed with your online lecture in phonetics and phonology .

[@AABMT]

Oh my goodness! Only God alone has sent me to this channel, and I so grateful! Linguistics learning here I come >>>>

[@raymondpeterson5748]

Lol. I had to listen to this a bunch of times over a couple of months (I kept coming back to it.) Today I think I have it. Thanks.

[@claireblankenship8281]

thanks king i'm currently cramming for the end of the semester this helped a lot!

[@JakeZou]

This is so clearly structured and delivered. Thank you so much for the class.

[@bitrusishaya1446]

This is exactly the question I am working on as my assignment and was so confused about it. Thanks for the clarification.

[@thodanny5954]

Your teaching is so clear. Thanks

[@jhpin2487]

Thank you Evan, you are really a great teacher

[@elviaveron8440]

Your teaching is simple and clear... thanks a lot!!

[@RickGrimez9490]

I'm not a native english speaker, but even i managed to understand it! Very helpfull video, thank you!

[@mariamkinen8036]

Yes!!! I learnt it through trial n error. To begin with. ❣️ Originally, I'm not native. Unasperated. Love this.

[@marvin5624]

Recently started studying linguistics and my professor cannot explain anything to save his life - thank you so much for saving mine haha

[@adhils9633]

You did what my teacher couldn't do...thank you for making this video..

[@anamariasanchezlopez5229]

Oh my god you are awesome! I have just watched this video and all my questions are cleared! Thank you very much! You are an amazing teacher! Greetings!

[@irenenavarro2546]

Thanks to you I finally understand the difference between an allophone and a phoneme!!! Your video was very helpful! Thanks

[@muhammadmansour5254]

In a nutshell, you're so great 😊 I've been trying to understand these info for ages but couldn't make heads or tails out of it . Many thanks . 💝💝

[@divftn]

this is very helpful and engaging! did not realize this video was 9 mins long i thought it was half of that lol, thank you!

[@brittanygamber1108]

Thank you for this video. I generally have no issues with Linguistics but for some reason minimal pairs always tripped me up. This video gives the subject clarity!

[@yj8501]

Wow this video helps me a lot!!! Now I can absolutely find the difference between allophones and phonemes. thanks a lot! -from south korean university student

[@rimouannabia4099]

Thank you so much for this simple explanation which does not complicate anything, it's really a perfect explanation

[@amybrookeah]

This video helped me so much more than anything else has. Thank you

[@meldapercin6062]

You're an amazing tutor! Thanks. Love from Turkey..

[@sameehlahiwel3096]

Im from Libya , and this video is awesome my final exam is tomorrow God bless you Mr

[@maryememazouz7599]

Highly appreciate your efforts for making this happen 🙏🏼❤️

[@khadidja470]

Thank you so much, it's very concise and informative, I like the tip of putting ur hands to check whether it's aspirated or not.

[@fadeelboukhari]

very nice, Man you explained it better then my university professor. you are the best. thank you

[@kurdboy7732]

After 8 years now i am watching this video it is usefull thank you💙

[@areyes3762]

You...are...AWESOME! Thank you very much. This was explained exceptionally well!!

[@jklee2279]

:) Thank you. I want to be an English teacher oneday. Your class really helps me to learn phonemes. :)

[@andyduran-r3t]

Very good explanation. Much better than the textbook

[@esraay6451]

You are by far the best, thanks!

[@fanoosfaroughi6440]

Amazing instructor. I wish there was a way to contact him personally to seek help with tree structures or if he could explain the deep and surface structure tree.

[@beckygreenberg4283]

genius analogy to Superman -Clark Kent. Absolutely genius

[@hayakhanzada6211]

Thank you sir for this wonderful and easiest lecture.

[@itzelxi]

I wish u were my teacher, you really know how to clearly explain it. great job thank you

[@alikhaky-kazzazy4336]

Amazing job explaining a tricky concept! I was having great difficulty understanding this one but I feel I understand it well after watching your video. Thanks!

[@sasusaku5041]

thank you so much teacher you really saved my soul i undrstood everything because of your perfect explanation plz post more videos we really need someone like you

[@lqmnfrz333]

Thank you, it helped me a lot as a student of English education department. Once more, thank you very much from Indonesia (y)

[@wafulambati1722]

So articulate in elaboration sir. Simply amazing!

[@ghostpeel]

If you were my teacher, I wouldn't be scared of my final exam at all. Thank you!

[@norhanisah9846]

I love your videos on Syntax, they really help me in understanding the topic. I hope you'll be posting more new videos in future because you're a good tutor/presenter! Love from Malaysia.

[@alexandermanzanares3879]

awesome stuff this caught me back up to speed in class, i missed a day and i watched this so its like i was never gone

[@cabnini1]

Wonderful video and great teaching styles with examples! Thank you

[@sarahshannan3563]

this video is super useful, I liked his way of explaining and using "Superman" as an example! thanks a lot

[@slakaymak9533]

U are the best teacher I dont understand anything from my teacher but u man u are so different😊

[@AnyaChuri]

In love with your explanation! -In awe of you!!! Awe-inspiring are you!

[@emblackbird]

Thanks so much for this! My classes are online and my Intro to Language class has 0 lectures, I'm pretty much paying to teach myself from worksheets (and KZbin videos). This helped me understand so much more than any of the info my professor provided

[@isadoras.h.ferracini9517]

My teachers were amazing!!! It's not their fault i couldn't learn 😅 (i'm still working on my english 🤣) I needed an extra help and there you go! Thank you!!!

[@cashless.society]

Evan, I really enjoyed this video and wanted to say thank you for your very clear explanation. I have recently enrolled in an online TEFL course and just subscribed your channel to pick your brains. Thanks again!

[@Aryalover9644]

Finally understood after working on it for hours!! Thank you!

[@CourtneyVioletta]

This was very helpful, thank you! I have an exam on this tomorrow and was so confused but I think I have the hang of it now :)