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diphonemic, a. Linguistics.|daɪfəʊˈniːmɪk| [f. di-2 + phonemic a.] Applied to a sound that can be assigned to either of two phonemes. So diˈphoneme, a sound of this kind.
1950D. Jones Phoneme xx. 99 If a sound is assigned to two phonemes, it may be termed ‘di-phonemic’. Ibid. 100 The sound might be treated as di-phonemic, i.e. assigned to one phoneme in some words and the other phoneme in other words. 1953W. J. Entwistle Aspects of Lang. iv. 114 There may be diphonemes, i.e. phonemes which belong to two different orders, but these are set at a convenient distance in Hindustani and Japanese. Ibid. 115 Perhaps it would be simplest not to admit the existence of diphonemes (i.e. of single phonemes which have two values simultaneously) until more evidence is available. 1957Phonetica I. 103 The existence of di-phonemic /h/ + /j/. |