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phonemization

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The process of making or becoming phonemic.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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 […]”
“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[…]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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