Halle-Clements Workbook p. 39

Minimal Pairs

Illustrate the English phonemic contrasts given at the left with minimal pairs, one exhibiting the contrast in initial position and the other in final position, if possible. The first example is done for you.

    initial positionfinal position
    /p, b/pie, buyrope,robe
  1. /t, d/
  2. /k, g /
  3. /f, v/
  4. /θ, ð/
  5. /s, z/
  6. /m, n/
  7. /n, ŋ/
  8. /r, l/
  9. /č, ǰ/
  10. /š, ž/
  11. /p, f/
  12. /d, z/
  13. /t, θ/
  14. /d, ð/
  15. /š, č/
  16. /h, w/
  17. /s, θ/