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What does it mean when two sounds are in contrastive distribution?

AThey never occur in the same environment

BTheir exchange causes no meaning change

CThey are variants of the same phoneme

DThey occur in the same environment and change meaning

Answer:

D. They occur in the same environment and change meaning

Read Explanation:

  • This is how phonemes are identified — when replacing one sound with another changes the word’s meaning.


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