There exist 3 principal methods of phonological analysis: distributional and semantic and statistical.
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If more or less different sounds occur in the same phonetic context they should be allophones of different phonemes. In this case their distribution is complementary. :
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Allophones of different phonemes occur in the same phonetic context tin – pin – bin – θin etc
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Semantic method is to establish the frequency, probability, predictability, occurrence of phonemes and their allophones in different position in the words.
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The semantic method of identifying the phonemes of a language attaches great significance to meaning.
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