Firstofall,youshouldhaveknownwhatisphoneme,right?

　　Soidentifyingtheminimalsetorminimalpairsofalanguageisawaybywhichaphilologistcanidentifyanddetermineitsphonemes.

　　Weherebeginwithminimalpair.Whentowdifferentformsareidenticalineverywayexceptforonesoundsegmentwhichoccursinthesameplaceinthestrings,thetwosoundcombinationsaresaidtoformaminimalpairs.Forexamples,pill&billareaminimalpair.Solikebill&dill,dill&gillarealsominimalpairs.

　　Accordingly,weconcludethat/p//b//d//g/arephonemesinEnglish.Thenallthesesoundcombinationstogetherconstitute-------------minimalset.