allophone的词源

英文词源

allophone (1)

"Any of the various phonetic realizations of a phoneme in a language, which do not contribute to distinctions of meaning. For example, in English an aspirated p (as in pin) and unaspirated p (as in spin) are allophones of p, whereas in ancient Greek the distinction was phonemic", 1930s: from allo- 'other, different' + phoneme.

allophone (2)

"(Especially in Quebec) an immigrant whose first language is neither French nor English", 1970s: from allo-, on the pattern of francophone.

中文词源

allophone：音位变体

词根allo, 异。词根phone,音。

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