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Does a difference in tense count as a difference in meaning in a minimal pair?

Here's a made up example to illustrate my question:

If we know that:

• [wuga] means "read"


• [wugi] means "reading"

Can we say that [wuga] and [wugi] are a minimal pair and that [a] and [i] contrast?

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Does a difference in tense count as a difference in meaning in a minimal pair?

Here's a made up example to illustrate my question:

If we know that:

• [wuga] means "read"


• [wugi] means "reading"

Can we say that [wuga] and [wugi] are a minimal pair and that [a] and [i] contrast?

tense minimal-pairs

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Does a difference in tense count as a difference in meaning in a minimal pair?

Here's a made up example to illustrate my question:

If we know that:

• [wuga] means "read"


• [wugi] means "reading"

Can we say that [wuga] and [wugi] are a minimal pair and that [a] and [i] contrast?

tense minimal-pairs

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Yes. A minimal pair is meant to differ in one phoneme, to demonstrate that a speaker of the language can distinguish between the two words, and therefore that the contrast is phonemic. Since the difference between the words is on the level of phonology, it doesn't matter whether the difference in meaning is grammatical or lexical.

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Well, the issue is not as clear as the preceding answer states.
One issue here is morpheme-boundary.
It's not good policy to look for minimal pairs that involve morpheme boundaries. For example, drink drank drunk is ok because there is no boundary involved here, but there is the well-known case of Scottish English where vowel length normally does not exist, but some long vowels actually exist in words like Preterite laid < lay+ed. In other words, your pair wugi / wuga is not a fully satisfactory minimal pair. It might involve interferences caused by morpheme boundaries. So I would recommend to look for another minimal pair that does not involve that kind of issues.

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Yes. A minimal pair is meant to differ in one phoneme, to demonstrate that a speaker of the language can distinguish between the two words, and therefore that the contrast is phonemic. Since the difference between the words is on the level of phonology, it doesn't matter whether the difference in meaning is grammatical or lexical.

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Yes. A minimal pair is meant to differ in one phoneme, to demonstrate that a speaker of the language can distinguish between the two words, and therefore that the contrast is phonemic. Since the difference between the words is on the level of phonology, it doesn't matter whether the difference in meaning is grammatical or lexical.

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Yes. A minimal pair is meant to differ in one phoneme, to demonstrate that a speaker of the language can distinguish between the two words, and therefore that the contrast is phonemic. Since the difference between the words is on the level of phonology, it doesn't matter whether the difference in meaning is grammatical or lexical.

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Well, the issue is not as clear as the preceding answer states.
One issue here is morpheme-boundary.
It's not good policy to look for minimal pairs that involve morpheme boundaries. For example, drink drank drunk is ok because there is no boundary involved here, but there is the well-known case of Scottish English where vowel length normally does not exist, but some long vowels actually exist in words like Preterite laid < lay+ed. In other words, your pair wugi / wuga is not a fully satisfactory minimal pair. It might involve interferences caused by morpheme boundaries. So I would recommend to look for another minimal pair that does not involve that kind of issues.

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answered 30 mins ago

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Well, the issue is not as clear as the preceding answer states.
One issue here is morpheme-boundary.
It's not good policy to look for minimal pairs that involve morpheme boundaries. For example, drink drank drunk is ok because there is no boundary involved here, but there is the well-known case of Scottish English where vowel length normally does not exist, but some long vowels actually exist in words like Preterite laid < lay+ed. In other words, your pair wugi / wuga is not a fully satisfactory minimal pair. It might involve interferences caused by morpheme boundaries. So I would recommend to look for another minimal pair that does not involve that kind of issues.

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answered 30 mins ago

Arnaud FournetArnaud Fournet

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Well, the issue is not as clear as the preceding answer states.
One issue here is morpheme-boundary.
It's not good policy to look for minimal pairs that involve morpheme boundaries. For example, drink drank drunk is ok because there is no boundary involved here, but there is the well-known case of Scottish English where vowel length normally does not exist, but some long vowels actually exist in words like Preterite laid < lay+ed. In other words, your pair wugi / wuga is not a fully satisfactory minimal pair. It might involve interferences caused by morpheme boundaries. So I would recommend to look for another minimal pair that does not involve that kind of issues.

share|improve this answer

answered 30 mins ago

Arnaud FournetArnaud Fournet

76827

share|improve this answer

answered 30 mins ago

Arnaud FournetArnaud Fournet

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answered 30 mins ago

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answered 30 mins ago

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