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单词 under-differentiation
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under-differentiationn.

Brit. /ˌʌndəˌdɪfərɛnʃɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌəndərˌdɪfəˌrɛn(t)ʃiˈeɪʃən/
Etymology: under- prefix1 5(b).
Linguistics.
The incomplete differentiation of phonemic elements in a language, esp. in loanwords taken from a language in which certain phonemic distinctions do not correspond to those in the receiving language. Cf. differentiation n. 3b.
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1953 U. Weinreich Lang. in Contact ii. 18 Under~differentiation of phonemes occurs when two sounds of the secondary system whose counterparts are not distinguished in the primary system are confused.
1962 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 7 82 These three types of substitution have been variously called..under-differentiation, over~differentiation, and reinterpretation.
1976 Amer. Speech 1973 48 220 Underdifferentiation is the failure to distinguish two or more sounds of the donor language because of the existence of a single counterpart in the recipient language.
1983 Eng. World-wide 4 53 The orthography gives near maximum representation of significant sounds but allows for underdifferentiation in spelling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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