If a phoneme is substituted for another in a word and the substitution results in a change
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If a phoneme is substituted for another in a word and the substitution results in a change of the word meaning, the two phonemes are said to be
A．minimal pair.
B．minimal set.
C．distinctive phonemes.
D．distinctive features.
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正确答案：C
考查语言学。Aminimalpair(最小对比对)istwowordsthatdifferinonlyonesound．Ifmorethantwodifferentwordsareidenticalineverywayexceptforonephonemewhichoccursinthesameplace，theyarecalledminimalset(最小音差的一组词)．Ifaphonemeissubstitutedforanotherinawordandthesubstitutionresultsinachangeofthewordmeaning，thetwophonemesaresaidtobedistinctivephonemes(区分性音位)．Theyaredistinctivebecauseeachphonemepossessesitsowndistinctivefeatures(区分性特征)．