What Name Is Given To The Phenomenon In Which A Single Phoneme Can Be Realised In Distinct Ways? For Example In The English Word 'Shoe', The Execution Of The Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Phoneme 'Sh' Sees The Lips Rounded, Whilst In The Word 'She' The Lips Are Spread, But Replacing One Realisation Of 'Sh' With The Other, While Perhaps Sounding Strange, Would Not Alter The Meaning Of Either Word.

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1. What Name Is Given To The Phenomenon In Which A Single Phoneme Can Be Realised In Distinct Ways? For Example In The English Word 'Shoe', The Execution Of The Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Phoneme 'Sh' Sees The Lips Rounded, Whilst In The Word 'She' The Lips Are Spread, But Replacing One Realisation Of 'Sh' With The Other, While Perhaps Sounding Strange, Would Not Alter The Meaning Of Either Word.