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'''Phonology''' is the study of the organization and use of sounds in natural languages.<ref>[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm Phonology, from LinguaLinks Library]</ref> Phonologists describe and categorize the sounds of speech using the [[IPA|international phonetic alphabet]], a system of symbols used to unambiguously represent individual speech sounds in all the world's languages.
'''Phonology''' is the study of the organization and use of sounds in natural languages.<ref>[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm Phonology, from LinguaLinks Library]</ref> Phonologists describe and categorize the sounds of speech using the [[IPA|international phonetic alphabet]], a system of symbols used to unambiguously represent individual speech sounds in all the world's languages.
==Terms used in phonology==
A '''phoneme''' is the smallest unit of sound whose change can change the meaning of what is said.<ref>[http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/phonemeterm.htm Definition of phoneme]</ref>
A '''minimal pair''' is a pair of words that differ by only one phoneme, e.g., ''hit'' and ''hid''. The existence or not of a minimal pair tests whether two apparently different sounds are actually phonemes.<ref>[http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/minpairterm.htm Definition of minimal pair]</ref>
An '''allophone''' (from Greek "other" and "sound") is an audibly distinct sound that is not a separate phoneme. Examples are the aspirated initial ''p'' and unaspirated final ''p'' of ''pip.''<ref>[http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/allophoneterm.htm Definition of allophone]</ref> In English, there is no minimal pair, while in some languages, there could be, in which case those two sounds would be phonemes, not allophones.
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