Air law

A Minimal pair is a pair of words that vary by only A single sound, usually meaning sounds that may confuse English learners, like The /f/ and /v/ infanandvan, Or the /e/ and /ɪ/ indeskanddisk

Minimal Pairs /ɪ/ and /i:/sit Seat

Minimal Pairs /e/ and /ɪ/desk disk

Minimal Pairs /e/ and /eɪ/wet wait

Minimal Pairs /æ/ and /ʌ/bat but

Minimal Pairs /əʊ/ and /ɔ:/sosaw

Minimal Pairs /ɒ/ and /əʊ/not note

Minimal Pairs /æ/ and /e/bad bed

Minimal Pairs /ɑ:/ and /ɜ:/fast first

Consonant Sounds

Minimal Pairs /b/ and /v/berryvery

Minimal Pairs /b/ and /p/buypie

Minimal Pairs /n/ and /ŋ/thinthing

Minimal Pairs /l/ and /r/alive arrive

Minimal Pairs /ʧ/ and /t/catchcat

Minimal Pairs /s/ and /ʃ/seashe

Minimal Pairs /f/ and /v/fanvan

Minimal Pairs /f/ and /h/fathat

Minimal Pairs /f/ and /θ/freethree

Minimal Pairs /s/ and /θ/sinkthink

Minimal Pairs /ð/ and /z/withwhizz

Minimal Pairs /ʤ/ and /z/pagepays

Major class features

Syllabic: forms a syllable peak and thus can be estressed

Sonorant: sounds produced with a vocal tract configuration in which spontaneous Voicing is possible

Consonantal: sounds produced with a major obstruction in the oral Cavity

Consonant place features:

Coronal: produced with the blade or tip of the tongue raised from the neutral Position

Anterior: produced with an obstruction located at or in front of the alveolar Ridge

Strident produced with greater noisiness

Distributed: produced with a constriction that extends for a Considerable distance along the direction of air flow