Minimal Pairs

Phonology Assistant initially displays word lists ungrouped. A group of minimal pairs is a set of rows for which the phonetic data is similar in the search environments.

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The tab displays (Minimal Pairs Options) so you can choose minimal pairs options.

Important - Known Issue

Currently, the way the Minimal Pairs feature functions in Phonology Assistant, the program may produce pairs that are not phonologically minimal. For example, when searching for t/d minimal pairs, Phonology assistant would produce the following list:

[te] 'take' and [de] 'find', which are phonological minimal pairs. But [tu] ‘make’ and [tu] ‘touch’, which are homophones, would also be produced. The only "contrastive" unit is semantic, which is not what the researcher is necessarily looking for.

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