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allophonic

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al·lo·phone  (l-fn)
n.
1. Linguistics A predictable phonetic variant of a phoneme. For example, the aspirated t of top, the unaspirated t of stop, and the tt (pronounced as a flap) of batter are allophones of the English phoneme /t/.
2. or Allophone Canadian A person whose native language is other than French or English.
[allo- + phone(me).]
allo·phonic (-fnk) adj.
allo·phoni·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.allophonic - pertaining to allophones
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Indeed, it is hard to see what could compel speakers to select consistently only one of a number of possible articulatory strategies that produce practically the same acoustic effects; therefore, inter-subject and allophonic variability encompassing [3] and [[?
A Shibboleth upon their tongues: early English /r/ revisited by Gasiorowski, Piotr / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
As Jordan wrote before phoneme theory, he clearly could not specify whether he meant an allophonic realisation of a or a different phoneme.
Free variation and other myths: interpreting historical English ... by Stenroos, Merja / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
Sievers' original formulation of the law concerned allophonic variation of (some of) the resonants in the E parent language, which were assumed to be unspecified for syllabicity, the vocalic variants interchanging with their consonantal counterparts in accordance with the environment, in particular in line with the weight of the preceding syllable.
Old English reflexes of Sievers' Law by Adamczyk, Elzbieta / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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