Phonemes & Allophones

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  • A brief overview of the differences between phonemes and allophones.

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  • @Natalia-jk1sr
    @Natalia-jk1sr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +548

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

    • @bca1945
      @bca1945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @luftim
      @luftim ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @VioletRaven.
    @VioletRaven. ปีที่แล้ว +33

    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  9 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    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 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good stuff, man!

    • @evanashworth490
      @evanashworth490  9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aaron Marks Thanks, Aaron!

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    • @evanashworth490
      @evanashworth490  9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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!

  • @dilancakrtas2145
    @dilancakrtas2145 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I've been trying to understand these for ages but couldn't get anything even from lectures of proffessors at my school you're amazing!

  • @rudimomen4176
    @rudimomen4176 8 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    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

    • @user-vc3lb7iw5f
      @user-vc3lb7iw5f 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you very much

    • @user-ff1qk8eo8l
      @user-ff1qk8eo8l 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rody Momen I got it from you.. Thanks

    • @ninam.1838
      @ninam.1838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-ff1qk8eo8l Actually, a phoneme is the basic linguistic unit of phonology, if you want the exact definition.

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    @Sarah-cr9xy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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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    I just came for help because my brain was bleeding while studying phonology. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart.

  • @abominable.dorian
    @abominable.dorian ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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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    This is absolutely wonderful. Concise and informative. I graduated from Linguistics BA years ago, so I couldn't have told you the difference without looking it up. Now I don't have to. I recalled it, and then you explained it so clearly. Thank you for this series.

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    @nicotorio8627 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simple and easy explanation of something which appears abstract. Well-done!

  • @bookmns
    @bookmns 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

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  • @nahuel2167
    @nahuel2167 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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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