Phonology

Question 1

minimal pairs

Answer 1

two identical words with only one different phone

Question 2

phoneme vs. allophone

Answer 2

an abstract linguistic unit to distinguish between meanings
vs.
[t] and [th] are allophones of the phoneme /t/

Question 3

dark l vs. clear l

Answer 3

clear l: before vowels and /j/
([‘læŋgwɪdʒ], [‘ɪŋglɪʃ], [laɪt])

dark l: before consonants and at the end of words
[mɪɫk], [ɔ:ɫ], [wɪɫ]