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Contrastive Distribution

• Definition: Contrastive distribution is a case in which two sounds occur in the same phonetic environment, and sing one rather the other changes the meaning of the word.

  Source: Language Files, eleventh edition, edited by Vedrana Mihalicek and Christin Wilson