Examples
There are numerous minimal pairs of words distinguishing only /r/ and /l/. For their study, Kuzniak & Zapf (2004) used:
- Right/Light
- Red/Led
- Road/Load
- Crime/Climb
- Bread/Bled
- Froze/Flows
- Arrive/Alive
- Correct/Collect
- Fire/File †
- More/Mole †
† Not minimal pairs of words distinguishing only /r/ and /l/ in non-rhotic varieties of English.
Read more about this topic: Japanese Speakers Learning R And L
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