While Japanese Speakers Consider the Relation Between /R/ and /L

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Multiple Choice

While Japanese speakers consider the relation between /r/ and /l/ to be fluid and thus_______, English speakers treat the two as distinct _______.

• A) diphthongic; allophones
• B) allophonic; phonemes
• C) phonemic; allophones
• D) allophonemic; diphthongs

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