单词 | allograph |
释义 | allograph/ˈaləɡrɑːf![]() noun 1 Linguistics Each of two or more alternative forms of a letter of an alphabet or other grapheme, for example the capital, lower case, italic, and various handwritten forms of a letter.Sign names and values with modifiers and/or allographs following them should not be be treated as compounds....
1.1 Phonetics Each of two or more letters or letter combinations representing a single phoneme in different words. Allographs of the phoneme f include the (f) of ‘fake’ and the (ph) of ‘phase’.In addition, because a letter may appear in allographs which encode respectively different phonemes, the user is taught alternative sounds that the selected letter may represent. Derivativesallographic
Origin1950s: from allo- 'other, different' + grapheme. |
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