phonemization

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noun

The process of making or becoming phonemic.

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Meanings

nounphonemization (countable and uncountable, plural phonemizations)

plural phonemizations

  1. countableuncountableThe process of making or becoming phonemic.

    Walter Daelemans, Antal van den Bosch. 4.1. Phonemization. We take phonemization to be the mapping of the orthography of unseen words to their pronunciation […]

    2005 September 1, Walter Daelemans, Antal van den Bosch, Memory-Based Language Processing, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59
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    Phonemization of allophones of the same phoneme is a frequent phenomenon in language development and is widely commented on in linguistics. It is clear that the phonetic prerequisite for the phonemization of this kind lies in the[…]

    2006, Albertas Steponavičius, Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology
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APA

phonemization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonemization

MLA

“phonemization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonemization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phonemization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonemization.

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