phonemicityn.
/ˌfəʊnᵻˈmɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌfoʊnəˈmɪsᵻdi/ The quality or principle of being phonemic; phonemic analysis.
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phonemicity1934
monophonematicity1953
1934 Y.-R. Chao in Bull. Inst. Hist. & Philol. Acad. Sinica 4 iv. 392 Between these extremes, there are all intermediate proportions of phoneticity and phonemicity.
1947 C. F. Hockett in Language 23 324 The phonemicity of the point of syllable division is my conclusion from the evidence he gives.
1982 Papers Dict. Soc. N. Amer. 1977 35 If..one's goals are clarity, ease of recognition and speed of perception, then some compromise with strict phonemicity seems in order.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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