Phonemes & Allophones

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  • @Natalia-jk1sr
    @Natalia-jk1sr 8 років тому +600

    Thank you so much for clarifying in 10 minutes everything my prof jumbled into a 3 hour lecture

    • @bca1945
      @bca1945 4 роки тому +6

      I guess your professor didn't give any example, did he?

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      @luftim 2 роки тому

      Are you still alive or are you dead? I mean 6 years :P

    • @nebula1930
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      No fr lol here i am 7 years after ur comment and having the exact same problem lol

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  • @VioletRaven.
    @VioletRaven. 2 роки тому +50

    My intro to linguistics class just started on phonolgy today, and I walked out of class not having a clue what was going on and feeling totally defeated. This video made what I learned in class today all come together and actually make sense. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!

  • @evanashworth490
    @evanashworth490  10 років тому +175

    Hi everyone, thanks so much for your comments! Also, Dr. Lecter, I was writing [stap] 'stop' and [tap] 'top' to demonstrate the difference between the unaspirated and aspirated [t]. Please don't eat me.

    • @aaronmarks1324
      @aaronmarks1324 10 років тому +1

      Good stuff, man!

    • @evanashworth490
      @evanashworth490  10 років тому +3

      Aaron Marks Thanks, Aaron!

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      @salmahamdouch5502 9 років тому +4

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      @salmahamdouch5502 9 років тому +1

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    • @evanashworth490
      @evanashworth490  9 років тому +10

      étsh ay be Hi! Thanks for your feedback! In response to your question, basically, allophones are in complementary distribution, while phonemes are in contrastive distribution. Once you have identified that two or more sounds represent allophones of the same phoneme, you need to state the environment for each of those allophones. That is, you might notice that, for example, one allophone appears only between vowels, while another allophone occurs, for example, before nasal sounds. Of course, what counts as an allophone or as a phoneme will differ from language to language, so be sure to look closely for patterns that emerge in the dataset you are looking at. I hope that helps!

  • @mostobnoxiouscorpse
    @mostobnoxiouscorpse 2 роки тому +8

    My god, half a year of linguistics and phonology lectures and only after this video did I actually understand what phonemes and allophones are, thank you so much!!

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    The video is simple, but you explained in 10 mins what my professor could not in 2 hr! What a great explanation! Thanks alot!

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  • @bookmns
    @bookmns 5 років тому +9

    I understood this perfectly within a short time whereas with my proof, I didn't really understand anything during our 4 hour class that focused on the phonemes' chapter. Thank you!

  • @rudimomen4176
    @rudimomen4176 9 років тому +148

    to check my understanding as good as enough: a phoneme is the smallest unit of sounds that distinguish one word from another while allophones are the variant pronunciation of the same phoneme, the change of phoneme results in a whole change in the words meaning in contrast to allophones they Don't change the meaning but the pronunciation of the words may sound unfamiliar
    Thank u so much it's never been so easier than this

    • @دموعالورد-ذ4س6ز
      @دموعالورد-ذ4س6ز 7 років тому

      thank you very much

    • @曾黎俊
      @曾黎俊 6 років тому +8

      "a phoneme is the smallest unit of sounds", here have a little bit of misunderstanding, a phoneme is not the smallest unit of sounds, it is just the mental unit of sounds in your mind, because a phoneme just exit in your mental, the mental represent of different sounds.

    • @soulmate3998
      @soulmate3998 6 років тому

      Rody Momen I got it from you.. Thanks

    • @ninam.1838
      @ninam.1838 6 років тому +1

      @@曾黎俊 Actually, a phoneme is the basic linguistic unit of phonology, if you want the exact definition.

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    @nahuel2167 3 роки тому +5

    Hi! Thank you for this video. I'm struggling with phonetics and especially the allophones part. Excelent way of clarifing what they are. Cheers!

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    Thanks to you I finally understand the difference between an allophone and a phoneme!!! Your video was very helpful! Thanks

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  • @yj8501
    @yj8501 8 років тому

    Wow this video helps me a lot!!! Now I can absolutely find the difference between allophones and phonemes. thanks a lot!
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    awesome stuff this caught me back up to speed in class, i missed a day and i watched this so its like i was never gone

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    To the point graphic delivery of all distinctions of all phone, sir. Thanks alot

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  • @dylanx9327
    @dylanx9327 Місяць тому +1

    Any ideas about tune, tone, inflection, rhythm, timing, pause, linking, contractions? I am not sure if this is called prosody or intonation. .. How to analyze primarily tune/intonation/inflection of a unit: word, thought group, sentence and how to write it down? What symbols and terminology are used here? So far you broke the sounds into pieces (allophones) but how do you put the pieces back together? How do you connect the sounds back again and in what pattern? How is intonation and inflection connected to Syntax tree structure? How much inflection and what types are there? What meaning tone and inflections communicate? What is the terminology here? What is tone (allotone) or pitch (allopitch) - is there a such thing in English)? Are voiced and unvoiced consonants intonated in English?... What is stylistic phonetics?

    • @dylanx9327
      @dylanx9327 Місяць тому

      stylistic phonetics?

  • @khadidja470
    @khadidja470 9 років тому

    Thank you so much, it's very concise and informative, I like the tip of putting ur hands to check whether it's aspirated or not.

  • @ditasyurrohijaziyah4629
    @ditasyurrohijaziyah4629 4 роки тому +1

    Dita - thanks for the explanation👍👍

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