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    This document discusses contrastive analysis and minimal pairs in linguistics. It defines minimal pairs as words that differ in only one phoneme and provides examples like "ferry" and "very". It also discusses differences in initial consonants and provides minimal pair examples like "think" and "sink". The document distinguishes minimal pairs, which have different pronunciations and meanings, from homophones, which have the same pronunciation but different meanings.

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    This document discusses contrastive analysis and minimal pairs in linguistics. It defines minimal pairs as words that differ in only one phoneme and provides examples like "ferry" and "very". It also discusses differences in initial consonants and provides minimal pair examples like "think" and "sink". The document distinguishes minimal pairs, which have different pronunciations and meanings, from homophones, which have the same pronunciation but different meanings.

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    Minimal Pairs

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    May Mustafa F Ra'fat
    This document discusses contrastive analysis and minimal pairs in linguistics. It defines minimal pairs as words that differ in only one phoneme and provides examples like "ferry" and "very". It also discusses differences in initial consonants and provides minimal pair examples like "think" and "sink". The document distinguishes minimal pairs, which have different pronunciations and meanings, from homophones, which have the same pronunciation but different meanings.

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    Contrastive Analysis

    Two words that differ only in one


    phoneme.
    ferry very
    gate get
    clothe close
    More than two words that differ
    in one phoneme.

    feet, fit, fat, fate,


    fought, foot
    1 - Differences in initial consonants
    Think sink
    ‫ضرب‬ ‫درب‬
    َ 
    Kite guide ‫غيب‬ ‫ عيب‬
    Fast vast
    Ton done
    Thin sin
    Zoo sue
    Light right
     Pen pin
     Ten tin
     Dot doubt
     Said sad
     Dead dad
     Lunch launch
     Breathe breeze
     Clothe close
     Hat had
     Pig pick
    A minimal pair is different from a
    homophone
    Minimal pair: different pronunciation,
    different meaning
    Homophone: same pronunciation,
    different meaning
    Bake back  Whine wine
    Past  Know no
    paste
    Main  Dear deer
    man
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