| 11. | Just some of the many minimal pairs of words for which the pattern holds:
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| 12. | Two signs differing in only one element are deemed to be a minimal pair.
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| 13. | There is no minimal pair differentiated only by and.
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| 14. | Nukak has two tonemes ( minimal pairs exist between them ) : high and rising.
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| 15. | No complete phonological study of Korandje, systematically justified by minimal pairs, has yet been made.
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| 16. | Contrasts among the consonants are easily demonstrated with an abundance of minimal and near-minimal pairs.
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| 17. | There are exceptions to these rules and they account for minimal pairs like'informing'and'so much '.
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| 18. | Both conversion rules have minimal pairs which would no longer be distinguished from each other.
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| 19. | The two words'pressure'and'pleasure'can serve as a near minimal pair.
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| 20. | All the possible minimal pairs for any language may be set out in the same way.
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