Minimal pair contrast

Japanese: minimal pair contrast(英語表記)minimalpaircontrast
Minimal pair contrast

…The phonetic phenomena of the words pill [p h il] ( h is an auxiliary symbol indicating that it is an aspirated sound) and kill [k h il] (to kill) are both in the same phonetic environment of [‐il], and the meaning changes when the initial phonetic parts of the word are replaced. In this case, the two words are considered to form a minimal pair contrast, and the phonemes /p/ and /k/ are extracted by replacing the different phonetic parts [p] and [k]. In paper [p h eipə] (paper), the initial [p h ] is aspirated, but the [p] in the middle of the word is unaspirated. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "minimal pair contrast" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…pill[phil](hは有気音であることを示す補助記号)〈丸薬〉とkill[khil]〈殺す〉という語の音声現象はいずれも[‐il]という同一の音声環境に立っていて,語頭の音声部分を置き換えると意味が変わってくる。この場合二つの語は最小対立minimal pair contrastをなすとし,異なる音声部分[p]と[k]を置換することにより音素/p/と/k/が取り出される。またpaper[pheipə]〈紙〉にあっては語頭の[ph]は有気音であるが,語中の[p]は無気音である。…

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