Free variation in linguistics is the phenomenon of two (or more) sounds or forms appearing in the same environment without a change in meaning and without being considered incorrect by native speakers. ==Examples== Examples from English include: ==Further description== When phonemes are in free variation, speakers are sometimes strongly aware of t...
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A sound substitution that does not hinder understanding or meaning--such as pronouncing the first sy
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a relation between the members of a pair of phones, phonemes, morphs, or other linguistic entities such that either of the two may occur in the same position with no change in the meaning of the utterance: in the first syllable of “economics,” “e” and “ē” are in free variation. Cf. complementary distribution.
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