Editing Minimal pair (section)

====Syntactic gemination====
In some languages like Italian, word-initial consonants are [[geminate]]d after certain vowel-final words in the same [[prosodic unit]]. Sometimes, the phenomenon can create some [[syntactic gemination|syntactic-gemination]]-minimal-pairs:

{|class="wikitable"
! Italian [[sandhi]] || IPA || Meaning || Sample sentence || Meaning of the sample sentence
|-
| {{lang|it|dà casa}}  || {{IPA|/dakˈkaza/}} || (he/she) gives (his/her) house || ''{{lang|it|Carlo ci dà casa.}}'' || Carlo gives us his house.
|-
| {{lang|it|da casa}} || {{IPA|/daˈkaza/}} || from home || ''{{lang|it|Carlo uscì da casa.}}'' || Carlo got out from home.
|}
In the example, the graphical [[accent (phonetics)|accent]] on ''dà'' is just a [[diacritical mark]] that does not change the [[pronunciation]] of the word itself. However, in some specific areas, like [[Tuscan dialect|Tuscany]], both phrases are pronounced {{IPA|/daˈkkaːza/}} and so can be distinguished only from the context.