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The words "ship" (/ʃɪp/) and "sheep" (/ʃiːp/) form a minimal pair in English. This pair...

The words "ship" (/ʃɪp/) and "sheep" (/ʃiːp/) form a minimal pair in English. This pair is most useful for teaching the phonological distinction between:


A

Two different places of articulation for fricative consonants.


B

The fortis and lenis qualities of plosive consonants.


C

A short/lax vowel and a long/tense vowel.


D

The presence and absence of nasal resonance in vowels.


E

A voiced and a voiceless interdental fricative.