phoneme synthesisn
the conversion of a digital representation of phonemes into sounds by a
speech synthesizer (see speech synthesis)
phonemic analysisn
the grouping of words and sounds (phones) in a particular language in
order to decide which are the distinctive sound units (phonemes) of that
language and which are only variants of these.
For example, the two English words nip and nib differ only because nip ends
with /p/ and nib with /b/. So /p/ and /b/ are two separate English phonemes.
On the other hand, pronouncing nip with an aspirated /p/, [ph], does not
make it into another word. So [ph] is a variant (anallophone) of /p/ and
not a separate phoneme.
There are different approaches to phonemic analysis (see distinctive
features, minimal pairs).
see also allophone, aspiration, phonemics, phonology
phonemic coding abilityn
see language aptitude
phonemic notationn
see notation
phonemicsn phonemic adj
1 the study or description of the distinctive sound units (phonemes) of a
language and their relationship to one another.
2 procedures for finding the phonemes of a language (see phonemic
analysis).
The term “phonemics” has been used by American linguists, particularly
in structural linguistics. Lately, the term phonology has been
preferred.
3 the phonemic system of a language, as in a phrase like “the phonemics of
English”.
see also morphophonemics
phonetic componentn
another term for pf component
see d-structure
phonetic methodn
another term for phonics
phonetic method