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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats