Meanings
nounallophonics (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesAllophony or its study
Rather they fall essentially within allophonics — the are of linguistic enquiry which deals with allophones.
2007, James Dickins, Sudanese Arabic: Phonematics and Syllable Structure1 more example
The vowel allophonics are much richer than the consonantal allophonics chiefly because vowels take on the colouring of the adjacent emphatic or emphatic-like consonants [...]
1990, Bernard Comrie, The Major Languages of South Asia, the Middle East and Africa
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
- Proto-Hellenic*ál͏̌l͏̌os
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
- Englishallo-
- Englishallophony
- Englishallophonics
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APA
allophonics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allophonics
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“allophonics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allophonics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allophonics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allophonics.
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