You now know that phonemic difference in sound account for corresponding difference of meaning in words (in the minimal pair lug and bug , for example, the /l/ and /b/ must be responsible for the words meaning different things, since the words are otherwise identical) , whereas phonetic difference in sound do not (you could reverse the [k]’s in kicked and its meaning would be unchanged ). Look again at the discussion and various example of suprasegmentals in Chapter 1. Are stress, juncture, intonation , and tone phonemic in English? That is, are their variant uses responsible for conveying meaning when we speak? Why or why not