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isophone Linguistics.|ˈaɪsəʊfəʊn|
[f. iso- + phone n.1]
A phonetic isogloss; also, a phonetic feature shared by speakers in contiguous areas. Hence isoˈphonic a.
1921E. C. Roedder in Jrnl. Eng. & Germ. Philol. XX. 182 The boundary lines of present dialects, with their maze of isophones,..and isotaxes, i.e., lines connecting places of identical or nearly identical sounds,..and syntactical peculiarities. 1926Germanic Rev. I. iv. 286 A map of France with all isophonic lines would show the wildest maze and confusion. 1926[see isomorph 2]. 1932W. L. Graff Lang. 364 There were isoglosses and isophones which contained the germs of later developments. 1935Univ. Mich. Publ. Lang. & Lit. XIII. 23 We believe..that these isophonic lines do reflect roughly at least approximate boundaries for eleven of the most important characteristics of the regional dialects of Middle English as they existed about the middle of the fourteenth century. Ibid. 32 The physiographical boundaries are an interpretation of the isophones and are therefore subject to the modifications that additional documentary evidence may bring. In some cases these modifications will result in a closer approximation of the isophones to the corresponding physiographical boundaries. 1936Trans. Philol. Soc. 1936 79 It certainly raises the question as to how far the delimitation of dialects and dialect features in Middle English by means of ‘isophones’ can really be reliable. 1937Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1935 42 The country marked out by ‘isophonic’ lines into ten areas, each of which presents a more or less distinct complex of dialect-characteristics. 1955W. S. Avis in Amer. Speech XXX. 7 In a very loose way this boundary approximates an r-isophone. 1970English Studies LI. 445 The new and very clear ā/ǭ isophone there [sc. in Lincolnshire] is an important result of the investigation. |