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Meaning of lexicophonology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The adaptation of word forms to reflect pronunciation.

uncountable

Examples

Although regional variation in Negro-dialect lexicophonology should not be severe enough to require extensive modification of standard-English word spellings in Negro-dialect reading materials, there may be a few cases in which dialect pronunciations will be too deviant […]”
“I would like to think that it is in these areaslexicosemantics, lexicophonology, the study of anomias, the developmental characteristics of the lexicon, and the biological characterizations of the association cortexthat a neurobiology of language and artificial intelligence models will emerge to fill the existing gap between language and the brain.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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