allophonyn.
/aˈlɒfəni/, /ˈaləfəʊni/, U.S. /æˈlɑfəni/, /ˈæləˌfoʊni/ Linguistics.
Variation in the possible phonetic realizations of a phoneme.
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1945 Language 21 34 It seems likely that besides allophony, there is considerable free variation in phonemically identical pitch contours.
1958 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1957 18 The complicated allophony cannot be described here in detail.
1986 Eng. World-Wide 7 28 The allophony creates a phonetic distinction.
2002 D. E. Watters Gram. of Kham ii. 17 I will address segmental phonology... This will necessarily include some discussion of syllable structure as it relates to allophony and morphophonemics.
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