Stress-distinguished minimal pairs exist in English phonology.
Is it true that stress-distinguished minimal pairs exist in English phonology?
The existence of stress-distinguished minimal pairs in English (such as 'CONtest vs. conTEST') is a fundamental and uncontroversial fact of English phonology, requiring no citation.
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The claim is a foundational observation of English stress phonology (e.g., noun/verb pairs like record/record, convict/convict) and constitutes common knowledge in linguistics, making empirical paper citations unnecessary.
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The claim is a foundational observation of English stress phonology (e.g., noun/verb pairs like record/record, convict/convict) and constitutes common knowledge in linguistics, making empirical paper citations unnecessary.
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