Minimal pair

美 [ˈmɪnɪməl per]英 [ˈmɪnɪməl peə(r)]
  • 网络最小对立对;最小对立体;最小对比对
Minimal pairMinimal pair

noun

phonetics 语音最小对立体(只在一个特征上有区别的一对词、发音等,如pin和bin)
a pair of words, sounds, etc. which are distinguished from each other by only one feature, for example pin and bin

  1. The term " minimal pair " is also sometimes used of any two pieces of language that are identical except for a specific feature or group of related features .

    最小对立体有时也指只有一个特征或一组相关联的特征的不同,其他各方面相同的两个语言片语。

  2. Finite verb and non-finite verb can be combined into a minimal pair . Only in the combination of " finite + non-finite " will they show their value .

    限定性动词与非限定性动词是一对最小对立体,二者只有共现于一个序列中,形成限定性+非限定性组合时才能体现出各自的价值。

  3. Minimal pair & two sound combinations identical in every way except in one sound element that occurs in the same position .

    除了出现在同一位置的一个语音成分不同外,其他部分都一样的两个语音组合。

  4. By identifying the minimal pair or the minimal set of a language , a philologist can identify its phonemes .

    通过分析一种语言的最小对立对或最小对立组,音位学家能辨别出它的音位。

  5. Phonemic ntrast , plementary distribution , and minimal pair .

    音位对立,互补分布,最小对立对。

  6. Minimal pairs : When two different forms are identical in every way except for one sound segment which occurs in the same place in the strings , the two words are said to form a minimal pair .

    如果两个不同的语音组合,除了在相同的位置有一个语音切分不同之外,其他任何方面都相同,那么这两个语音组合就被认为形成了一个最小独立对。