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Read the excerpt: “In English, minimal pairs such as...
Read the excerpt:
“In English, minimal pairs such as ship/sheep or bat/bet illustrate how vowel quality determines lexical meaning, while in Portuguese, vowel length does not carry contrastive value.”
Which option correctly explains the phonological difference?
A
English emphasizes stress exclusively, while Portuguese depends primarily on nasalized vowels.
B
Portuguese reduces semantic contrasts, while English maintains identical rules for stressed syllables.
C
Portuguese distinguishes lexical items by diphthongs, unlike English use of minimal consonant pairs.
D
English and Portuguese exhibit identical phonological systems, differing only in suprasegmental rhythm.
E
English distinguishes words through vowel length and quality, unlike Portuguese vowel system.