English N

non-conditional variant

Équivalents français

variante facultative variante libre

Synonym(s)

free variant facultative variant optional variant

Antonym(s)

combinatory variant conditional variant conditioned variant contextual variant positional variant

Related Term(s)

individual variant variphone

Sources

SWADESH 1935 118
SWADESH, Morris. (1935) "The Phonemic Principle", in Language, Vol.10, 117-129.
Pike, K. 1967 316 (unconditional variant)
PIKE, Kenneth L. (1967) Language in Relation to a Unified Theory of the Structure of Human Behavior, 2nd Ed. The Hague: Mouton.