Since /p/ and /b/ are phonetically similar, they occur in the same environments and can distinguish meaning, they are said to be ______.
A. in phonetic contrast
B. the allophones
C. in complementary distribution
D. minimal pair
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A(n) ____ is a unit that is of distinctive value. It is abstract unit, a collection of distinctive phonetic features.
A. phone
B. sound
C. allophone
D. phoneme
_______ is the smallest meaningful unit of language.
Words can be classified into open class words and _____ class words.
A morpheme which can be a word by itself is called a ______ morpheme, whereas a morpheme that must be attached to another one is a ______ morpheme.