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tnt_battle

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What are the four components of any language?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is an allophone?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

They are phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

Answer to Question 2

It is two or more phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language.



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