Monday, 8 July 2013

Minimal pairs / p, b /



Minimal pairs                                                      119
                / p /                                  / b /
1.       pat            /pæt/                        bat            /bæt/
2.       pet            /pet/                 bet            /bet/
3.       pest          /pest/                best          /best/
4.       pent          /pent/               bent          /bent/
5.       pig            /pIg/                        big            /bIg/
6.       pin            /pIn/                        bin            /bIn/
7.       pit             /pIt/                 bit             /bIt/
8.       nap           /næp/               nab           /næb/
9.   *    pass                /pα:s/               bass          /beIs/,/bæs/
10.        peat          /pi:t/                 beat          /bi:t/
11.        pay           /peI/                bay           /beI/
12.        park          /pα:k/               bark          /bα:k/
13.        patter        /ˈpætǝ(r)/          batter        /ˈbætǝ(r)/
14.        plank        /plæŋk/             blank        /blæŋk/
15.        pray          /preI/               bray          /breI/
16.        lap            /læp/                 lab            /læb/
17.        tap            /tæp/                        tab            /tæb/
18.        rip            /rIp/                 rib            /rIb/
19.        sip            /sIp/                 sib            /sIb/
20.        mop          /mɒp/               mob          /mɒb/
21.        sop           /sɒp/                 sob           /sɒb/
22.        pack         /pæk/                back         /bæk/
23.        pan           /pæn/               ban           /bæn/

Minimal pairs are pairs of words which are marked by the difference of a speech sound / phoneme, for example, “pat /pæt/ and bat /bæt/”.  For the pair “pass /pɑ:s/ and bass /beIs/”  are not considered as a minimal pair because there are  more than one differences in speech sounds.

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