Phonemic vs Phonetic - What's the difference?
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(linguistics) relating to phonemes
(linguistics) relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
(linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)
(linguistics) In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.
Phonetic is a related term of phonemic.
In linguistics terms the difference between phonemic and phonetic
is that phonemic is relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language while phonetic is in such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.As a noun phonetic is
in such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.phonemic
English
Adjective
(-)- We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
- Tone is phonemic in Chinese.