allophone
US /ˈæl.ə.foʊn/
UK /ˈæl.ə.fəʊn/
名詞
同位異音
any of the various phonetic realizations of a phoneme in a language, which do not change the meaning of a word.
範例:
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The aspirated 'p' in 'pin' and the unaspirated 'p' in 'spin' are allophones of the phoneme /p/.
“pin”中送氣的“p”和“spin”中不送氣的“p”是音素/p/的同位異音。
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Understanding allophones helps in studying phonetics and phonology.
理解同位異音有助於學習語音學和音系學。