polysystemicityn.
/ˌpɒlɪsɪstəˈmɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˌsɪstəˈmɪsədi/ Linguistics.
The fact or property of being polysystemic.
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polysystemicity1964
polysystemy1964
1964 Archivum Linguisticum 16 72 Martinet's recognition of the polysystemicity of language (instanced by the different vowel contrast systems in French final open and closed syllables..) puts him in some agreement..with the Firthian position in linguistic analysis.
1972 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 35 547 For the significance of polysystemicity in prosodic analysis see [etc.].
1993 Linguistics 31 475 (title) Underspecification, polysystemicity and non-segmental representations in phonology: an analysis of Malay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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