microphonemen.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊniːm/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈfoʊnim/ Linguistics.
W. F. Twaddell's term for: any member of a set of terms exhibiting minimum phonological difference in form.
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phonea1866
phoneme1879
metaphone1930
diaphone1932
variphone1932
morphoneme1933
morphophoneme1934
microphoneme1935
stress phoneme1936
archiphoneme1937
allophone1938
diaphoneme1939
prosodeme1939
keneme1950
proto-phoneme1951
idiophoneme1955
morphon1964
hypophoneme1966
morphophone1967
1935 W. F. Twaddell in Lang. Monogr. 16 v. 39 A term of an ordered class of minimum phonological differences among forms is a microphoneme.
1953 Trans. Philol. Soc. 84 All that we have..are certain asterisked allophones or, in Twaddell's terminology, certain microphonemes and greater or lesser sets of microphonemes.
Derivatives
microphoˈnemic adj.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > phoneme, allophone, etc.
diaphonic1932
morphonemic1934
morphophonemic1934
subphonemic1935
microphonemic1936
monophonemic1936
allophonic1938
diaphonemic1939
monophonematic1940
diphonemic1950
idiophonemic1958
morphophonic1962
morphophonematic1964
hypophonemic1966
morphonic1966
1936 Language 12 56 If one restricted one's attention to the series kill: till: pill: hill, one could arrive at alternative microphonemic classes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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