complementary distribution

In some instances, more than two elements can be in complementary distribution with one another.

They are also often a source of complementary distribution between certain sets of sounds.

In German, these two sounds are allophones occurring in complementary distribution.

The concept of complementary distribution is applied in the analysis of word forms (morphology).

There are cases where elements are in complementary distribution, but are not considered allophones.

In practice this feature creates no ambiguity, because the two series of consonants are in complementary distribution.

In unstressed syllables, each element of the pair occurs in complementary distribution with the other.

In unstressed syllables, they occur in complementary distribution.

Gothic has three nasal consonants, of which one is an allophone of the others, found only in complementary distribution with them.

Symmetry and self-releasing are in complementary distribution for knots with the greatest degree of balance for their class.

Pebble-mound mice also known as field mice comprise four species, which have complementary distributions across northern Australia.

As a consequence of the combination of these two changes, vowel length and consonant length came to be in complementary distribution.

Also, Read may have intentionally reversed these letters, perhaps to emphasize that these letters represent unrelated sounds, which happen to occur in complementary distribution.

Note that two sounds which are in contrastive distribution in one language can be in complementary distribution or free variation in another.

On the other hand, the distinctions between several Esperanto consonants carry very light functional loads, though they are not in complementary distribution and therefore not allophones.

Trager (1946) states that the primary and secondary stress levels are in complementary distribution in low-toned and high-toned syllables.

Examples of these allophones in complementary distribution abound, such as ya'ásh ('man nom.')

Complementary distribution is commonly applied to phonology, where similar phones in complementary distribution are usually allophones of the same phoneme.

In English these two sounds are used in complementary distribution and are therefore not used to differentiate words and so are considered allophones of the same phoneme.

Dependent-marked noun phrases have a complementary distribution: frequent in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and New Guinea, the only area where the two types overlap appreciably.

The complementary distribution with the retroflex series appeared as syllables that had a retroflex consonant followed by a medial glide lost the medial glide.

Languages like this have nasal vowels accompanied with complementary distribution between oral and nasal consonants before oral and nasal vowels.

In Majorcan, and are in complementary distribution, with occurring before vowels (e.g. 'blava' 'blue' fem.

However, these two phonemes are in complementary distribution everywhere except between two vowels in the same word and, even in such environments, there are very few minimal pairs.

The two contrast between vowels, with the latter being represented with rr , but the sounds are otherwise in complementary distribution so that a single r may represent either.