Yule Chapter 4 task f
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We can use the phonology in english as a guide to some regularities in spelling, based on a distinction between shorter vowels and longer vowels (including diphthongs).
i.) complete the table 4.5 by adding the minimal pairs to appropriate columns to illustrate differences between in spelling that match differences in pronunciation. Can you also add the appropriate phonological forms of three diphthongs at the top of each column?
ii.) Can you state a general common principle connecting spelling and phonology (in these examples?)
back, bake, cock, coke, dame, damn, diner, dinner, dole, doll, hoping, hopping, later, latter, Mick, Mike, mile, mill
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