Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Contrastive

Contrastive

Refers to any elements which are in opposition to each other. A phonetic distinction is contrastive if it has significance on the phonological level, i.e. if it distinguishes meaning.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Language
  • Category: Terminology
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Pharmaceutical Category: Drugs

Nootropic

A category of drugs that enhance mental functions, giving them the nickname of 'smart drugs'. Most of them are legal and have mild success in ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Types of Love

Category: Other   1 6 Terms

Gothic Cathedrals

Category: History   2 20 Terms