componentialadj.
/kɒmpəˈnɛnʃɪəl/ Of or pertaining to components; applied esp. to the analysis of distinctive sound units or grammatical elements into linguistic components.
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paradigmatic1891
realizational1904
non-distinctive1916
principled1919
binary1921
over-differentiated1927
marked1933
unmarked1933
isomorphic1937
nuclear1937
contrastive1940
metalinguistic1941
metalingual1942
componential1947
linear1955
rewrite1960
unordered1960
taxonomic1962
non-binary1971
1947 C. F. Hockett in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics XIII. 258 (heading) Componential analysis of Sierra Popoluca.
1964 D. Crystal & R. Quirk Syst. Prosodic & Paraling. Features Eng. ii. 30 These studies..suggest a procedure for componential discrimination.
1964 Language 40 203 There are distinctive affective features which are susceptible of componential analysis.
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adj.1947