Contrastive may refer to one of several concepts in linguistics: *

Contrast (linguistics) In semantics, contrast is a distinction between two or more entities, with regards to their meaning and function On contrast Contrast is often overtly marked by markers such as ''but'' or ''however'', such as in the following examples: # It's ...

Contrastive distribution Contrastive may refer to one of several concepts in linguistics: *Contrast (linguistics) *Contrastive linguistics *Contrastive distribution *Contrastive analysis *Contrastive rhetoric *Contrastive focus reduplication *Contrastive stress *Contrastiv ...

* Contrastive analysis * Contrastive rhetoric * Contrastive focus reduplication * Contrastive stress *Contrastive wa; see Japanese grammar *Contrastive units, a basic unit of sound ** Chroneme **

Phoneme A phoneme () is any set of similar Phone (phonetics), speech sounds that are perceptually regarded by the speakers of a language as a single basic sound—a smallest possible Phonetics, phonetic unit—that helps distinguish one word fr ...

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