だから、最も大切な区別であると言えるのだ。
An analysis of the most frequent 10,000 words in spoken English (BNC) revealed that of all the minimal pairs involving a consonant pair, r-l pairs were the largest type in proportion, accounting for 24.8%, followed by t-d pairs (Gilner & Morales, 2010).
>> Gilner, L. & Morales, F. (2010). Functional load: Transcription and analysis of the 10,000 most frequent words in spoken English. The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics, 3, pp. 135-162.
GILNER, Leah; MORALES, Frank. FUNCTIONAL LOAD: TRANSCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE 10,000 MOST FREQUENT WORDS IN SPOKEN ENGLISH. The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics, [S.l.], v. 3, p. 135-162, sep. 2010. ISSN 19579821. Available at: <http://www.bjll.org/index.php/bjll/article/view/27/47>. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/bjll.v3i0.27.
