Free Variation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Linguistics.
  1. a relation between the members of a pair of phones, phonemes, morphs, or other linguistic entities such that either of the two may occur in the same position with no change in the meaning of the utterance: in the first syllable of “economics,” “e” and “ē” are in free variation.
Free Variation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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