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Definition of Allophone
1. Noun. (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme.
Definition of Allophone
1. Noun. (linguistics) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme. ¹
2. Noun. (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allophone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allophone
Literary usage of Allophone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"It occurs after о and o', and also before a a' e' ï 'Г; before these vowels it
occurs either initial in word or preceded by ktn s. This allophone of w, ..."
2. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"This allophone of w, when following o- or ö, is very short and possibly even ...
The other allophone of w has strong lip-retraction and considerable velar ..."
3. Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) (1878)
"De même, l'expression allophone employée à la ligne 5 du même document pour ...
Mais c'est à tort que G. Smith a voulu lire en assyrien rumme l'allophone ..."
4. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Since the strong variant appears after consonants, as well as after pauses, while
the weak variant would appear after a vowel, the particular allophone that ..."
5. Afrika und Übersee by Carl Meinhof, Seminar für Afrikanische Sprachen, Universität Hamburg (1845)
"The prefixes of classes 2 and 6, however, are not homorganic, but m-. An initial
consonant after a homorganic nasal may show a specific allophone. ..."
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