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Phonemic vs Phonologization - What's the difference?

phonemic | phonologization |

As an adjective phonemic

is relating to phonemes.

As a noun phonologization is

the development of a phonetic feature into a phonemic one.

phonemic

English

Adjective

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  • (linguistics) relating to phonemes
    • We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
  • (linguistics) relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
    • Tone is phonemic in Chinese.

    Related terms

    * phoneme * phonetic * phonology * emic * etic

    phonologization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) The development of a phonetic feature into a phonemic one