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Functional load

In linguistics and especially phonology, functional load, or phonemic load, is the collection of words that contain a certain pronunciation feature (a phoneme) that makes distinctions between other words. Phonemes with a high functional load distinguish a large number of words from other words, and phonemes with a low functional load distinguish…

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Functional load

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples26
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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related to English · 9
Functional load → English, French, However, One, Similar, Speakers, The, There, Voicing
related to overview · 9
Functional load → André Martinet, Charles Hockett, For, Its, Mandarin Chinese, Now, Prague School, The, Vilém Mathesius
related to Mandarin · 6
Functional load → Bantu, By, Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Swahili, The

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functional load vowels low words high english phonemes mandarin distinctions phoneme difficult information one tones similar example although difference two

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
sheep-sharing vs. sheep-shearing.MandarinThe functional load of tone in Mandarin Chinese is approximately equal to the functional load of vowelsinstance ofwhere many find comedy and confusion in mergers0.80text
sheep-sharing vs. sheep-shearinginstance ofwhere many find comedy and confusion in mergers0.80text
Functional loadrelated to EnglishEnglish0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishThere0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishVoicing0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishSpeakers0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishHowever0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishOne0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishSimilar0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishFrench0.60section
Functional loadrelated to EnglishThe0.60section
Functional loadrelated to MandarinThe0.60section

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