Question

Allophones are:

• A. Variants of a phoneme that do not change meaning
• B. Different phonemes that alter the meaning of a word
• C. Sound changes that occur in specific dialects
• D. Phonemes that are pronounced in isolation

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Variants of a phoneme that do not change meaning

• Allophones are different pronunciations (or realizations) of the same phoneme.

• They occur in specific contexts and do not change the meaning of a word.