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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!!
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
"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.
Thank you so much to make this lesson much more clearer than my teacher. What a relief to have on the Internet people who knows how to teach in a simple way.
Wow I've been watching all of your videos in the past 24 hours and I can't get enough. For someone who is really interested in linguistics and has to write a thesis about phonology this really helps and I'd hoped that there would be more on your channel. Greetings from Germany :)
Amazing job explaining a tricky concept! I was having great difficulty understanding this one but I feel I understand it well after watching your video. Thanks!
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Oh my god you are awesome! I have just watched this video and all my questions are cleared! Thank you very much! You are an amazing teacher! Greetings!
Evan, I really enjoyed this video and wanted to say thank you for your very clear explanation. I have recently enrolled in an online TEFL course and just subscribed your channel to pick your brains. Thanks again!
Thank you for this video. I generally have no issues with Linguistics but for some reason minimal pairs always tripped me up. This video gives the subject clarity!
4years old but still useful! i'm french and I just understood in 10min with this english video something i didn't understant with 5months with a french teacher! thank you a lot
Thanks so much for this! My classes are online and my Intro to Language class has 0 lectures, I'm pretty much paying to teach myself from worksheets (and RU-vid videos). This helped me understand so much more than any of the info my professor provided
My linguistics professor has a very thick Chinese accent and doesn't explain things very well so I found this video to be quite informative and helpful. Thanks!
Wow this video helps me a lot!!! Now I can absolutely find the difference between allophones and phonemes. thanks a lot! -from south korean university student
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