Phones, Phonemes,

Allophones, Free
Variation

Anjani Galih Putri Pramesti

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 Phones
Are a sound.
represented between brackets
For example:
[k], [b], [i;], [d], [u], [e], [f]
Cat : [kæt]

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Phonemes
Mental abstract representation of
speech sounds.
It may change the meaning.
Represented between slashes.
For example:
pig – big /p/ – /b/
pen – pan /e/ – /æ/
sink – think /s/ – /θ/
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 Allophones
“ Variant of a phoneme.
For example:
[p] and [pH] are allophones of the phoneme /p/.
[t] and [tH] are allophones of the phoneme /t/.
In the words:
[p] as in “pHin” ----- [p] as in “spin”
[k] as in “kHite” ----- [k] as in “sky”

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Free Variation
Alternative pronunciation of a word.
Not change the word’s meaning.
For example:
The word tomato is pronounced
differently;
British : /təˈmɑːtoʊ/
American : /təˈmeɪtoʊ/

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