noun. with regard to language, any one of many somewhat diverse conversation sounds which are thought of as contextual variations of the very same phoneme.
ALLOPHONE: "The allophone section on Tanya's English test was the most difficult for her, but she aced every question."
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "ALLOPHONE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/allophone/ (accessed September 21, 2019).
