Examine the following data of a dialect of English, where there are variations between [əy] and [ay]. [bəyt] ‘bite’ [fəyt] ‘fight’ [taym] ‘time’ [tay] ‘tie’ [bay] ‘buy’ [təyp] ‘type’ [rayd] ‘ride’ [rəys] ‘rice’ [naynθ] ‘ninth’ [rayz] ‘rise’ [fayl] ‘file’ [fayr] ‘fire’ [rəyt] ‘write’ [ləyf] ‘life’ [bəyk] ‘bike’ Which of the following statements is correct?
A[əy] and [ay] are allophones of different phonemes
B[əy] becomes [ay] when occurring before a voiced sound
C[əy] and [ay] are in free variation
D[ay] becomes [əy] when occurring before a voiceless sound正確答案
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