英语语言学Multiple Choice

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Sip and zip, tip and dip, map and nap, etc, are all ______.
A. minimal pairs B. minimal sets C. allophones D. phones

选A,最小对立体minimal pairs

minimal pairs的定义是
When two different forms are identical in every way except for ONE SOUND segment that occurs in the SAME PLACE in the string, the two sound combinations are said to form a minimal pairs.
即相同结构,相同位置只有一个音不同的两个单词。

B,最小对立集, 则是最小对立体的集合了,即最小对立体是一对的,最小对立集是一组的,如sip,zip,tip,dip这四个就是一组minimal sets

C和D,是属于音标的范畴,不是单词,故不符合