【正确答案】Phonological analysis relies on the principle that certain sounds cause changes in the meaning of a word, where other sounds do not. Minimal pairs test can be used to find out which sound substitutions cause differences of meanings. When two different phonetic forms are identical in every way except for one sound segment which occurs in the same place in the string, the two forms are said to form a minimal pair, e.g. bill and pill are identical in form except for the initial consonants.

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