Hi
I just wondered, does anyone know of a list of Latin minimal pairs, especially ones that differ only by the length of one of their vowels?
e.g.
hīc, hic
ōs, os
I ask because I’ve recently come across some really interesting research about using minimal pairs to improve pronunciation, especially with regards to phoneme distinctions that don’t exist in one’s native language, and which therefore can be difficult to perceive and produce (e.g. pure long/short vowel distinctions in English, “r” / “l” in Japanese, etc.).