Why is aspiration not a distinctive feature in English ?
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Non-distinctive features are those that are predictable for any sound. ... Aspiration is not a distinctive feature since, when aspiration is added to /k/, it does not create a different phoneme as in the case of (1) with voicing. Phonemes can be expressed in phonemic form or phonetic form.
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Non-distinctive features are those that are predictable for any sound. ... Aspiration is not a distinctive feature since, when aspiration is added to /k/, it does not create a different phoneme as in the case of (1) with voicing. Phonemes can be expressed in phonemic form or phonetic form.
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