Allophones

Allophones

1. Initial Position

   • [pʰ] [tʰ] [kʰ]
     • Examples:
       • pool [pʰuɫ], kill [kʰɪɫ], cat’ [kʰæt]

2. Within a given language, some sounds are considered to be the same sound, even though they are phonetically distinct.

   • It is a variotion of a phoneme. It is the concrete representation of a sound of sounds in a word.

3. Stressed Syllable

   • +
     • [t] [d] [n]
       • +
         • ai/en/on/n't= ns
       • +
         • el/le= ls

4. Final Position

   • [t°] [d°] [k°] [b°] [g°] ]p°]
     • Examples:
       • hat /hæt°/

5. t

   • Glottal stop ʔ
     • intervocalically, when second vowel is unstressed
       • Examples:
         • Department / /dɪˈpɑːʔmənt/
   • [t°] word-finally
     • Example: [set°]
   • [t] elsewhere
     • example: antics [əntiks]

6. Vowel plus voiced consonant = [:]

   • example: keys [Kʰi:z]