A phoneme in one language or one dialect may be an allophone in another language or dialect.
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- Scholars usually classify Chinese dialects into seven divisions: Mandarin, Yue dialect, Wu dialect, Min dialect, Gan dialect, Xiang dialect and Beijing dialect.
- A term in one language must have a counterpart in another language.
- Occupational dialect is like a secret language, known only to the people who are members of the group.
- Translation is the replacement of ____ ______in one language (SL)by ______ _______in another language.(J.C. Catford)
- 中国大学MOOC:"Distinctive feature is a particular characteristic which distinguishes one sound of a language from another or one group of sounds from another group.";