Editing Minimal pair (section)

===Juncture===
Anglophones can distinguish between, for example, "great ape" and "grey tape", but phonemically, the two phrases are identical: {{IPA|/ɡreɪteɪp/}}.<ref>O'Connor, J.D and Tooley, O. (1964) "The perceptibility of certain word-boundaries" in Abercrombie, D. et al ''In Honour of Daniel Jones'', Longman, pp. 171-176</ref> The difference between the two phrases, which constitute a minimal pair, is said to be one of [[juncture]]. At the word boundary, a "plus juncture" /+/ has been posited and said to be the factor conditioning allophones to allow distinctivity:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Trager |first1=G.L. |last2=Smith |first2=H.L. |title=An Outline of English Structure |date=1957 |publisher=American Council of Learned Societies |page=37}}</ref> in this example, the phrase "great ape" has an {{IPA|/eɪ/}} diphthong shortened by [[clipping (phonetics)|pre-fortis clipping]] and, since it is not syllable-initial, a {{IPA|/t/}} with little [[Aspirated consonant|aspiration]] (variously {{IPA|[t˭]}}, [[Flapping|{{IPA|[ɾ]|cat=no}}]], [[T-glottalization|{{IPA|[ʔt]|cat=no}}]], {{IPAblink|ʔ}}, etc., depending on dialect); meanwhile in "grey tape", the {{IPA|/eɪ/}} has its full length and the {{IPA|/t/}} is aspirated {{IPA|[tʰ]}}.

Only languages with allophonic differences associated with grammatical boundaries may have juncture as a phonological element. There is disagreement over whether or not [[French language|French]] has phonological juncture: it seems likely that the difference between, for example, "{{lang|fr|des petits trous}}" (some little holes) and "{{lang|fr|des petites roues}}" (some little wheels), phonemically both {{IPA|/depətitʁu/}}, is only perceptible in slow, careful speech.<ref>Jones, D. (1931) 'The "word" as a phonetic entity', ''Le Maitre Phonetique'', 36, pp. 60-65 {{JSTOR|44704471}}</ref><ref>Passy, P. (1913) ''Les Sons du Français'', Didier, p. 61</ref>