Allophone

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Variant pronunciations of the same phoneme. A specific phoneme is not a single, invariant sound. Rather, it is a class of sounds that all serve the same linguistic function.[1]

  1. "NATS July 2022 Pedagogy Workshop Working Group Three Science-Informed Terminology and Definitions for Voice Pedagogy" (PDF). Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources. Retrieved January 13, 2025.

Authored by: Paige De La O

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