Natural class

In phonology, a natural class is a set of phonemes in a language that share certain distinctive features.[1] A natural class is determined by participation in shared phonological processes, described using the minimum number of features necessary for descriptive adequacy.

  1. ^ Giegerich, Heinz J. (1992-10-15). English Phonology: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521336031.

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