Associations to the word «Phonemic»

Wiktionary

PHONEMIC, adjective. (linguistics) relating to phonemes
PHONEMIC, adjective. (linguistics) relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
PHONEMIC MERGER, noun. (linguistics) The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
PHONEMIC MERGERS, noun. Plural of phonemic merger
PHONEMIC SPLIT, noun. (linguistics) The phenomenon in which a single phoneme diverges into two different phonemes.

Dictionary definition

PHONEMIC, adverb. By phonemics; "phonemically transcribed".
PHONEMIC, adjective. Of or relating to phonemes of a particular language; "phonemic analysis".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley