http://glottopedia.org/index.php?title=Complementary_distribution&feed=atom&action=historyComplementary distribution - Revision history2024-03-28T10:54:49ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.2http://glottopedia.org/index.php?title=Complementary_distribution&diff=5999&oldid=prevLuo: from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics2008-05-06T10:41:01Z<p>from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Generally, two elements ''a'' and ''b'' are in '''complementary distribution''' if ''a'', but not ''b'', occurs in those environments where on general grounds we may expect both ''a'' and ''b'', while ''b'', but not ''a'' occurs in the complementary set of environments.<br />
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In phonology, '''complementary distribution''' is often taken as an indication that two superficially different elements are one and the same at a deeper level. Two sounds /a/ and /b/ are in complementary distribution when one of the two (/a/) occurs in all environments except those in which /b/ occurs and vice versa. <br />
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===Examples===<br />
In English [p] and [ph] are in complementary distribution, since [ph] occurs syllable-initially when it is directly followed by a stressed vowel (cf. ''pin'' [phin]), whereas in all other positions [p] is found. <br />
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In Hindi, however, [p] and [ph] can occur in the same position and are distinctive. <br />
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===Link===<br />
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Complementary+distribution&lemmacode=891 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br />
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