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This document discusses key concepts in phonology: 1. Phonology describes the sound patterns and systems in a language from an abstract, theoretical perspective rather than physical articulation. 2. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that distinguish meaning. They function contrastively, like the /f/ and /v/ phonemes in English. 3. Phones are actual speech sounds produced, while allophones are different versions of the same phoneme. Allophones are context-dependent variations of a single phoneme.
- Author
- Vera Veti Vetina
- Language
- EN