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单词 grapheme
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Definition of grapheme in English:

grapheme

noun ˈɡrafiːmˈɡræfim
Linguistics
  • The smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system.

    Compare with phoneme
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were more deviations from the normal pattern in the pointed experiment, where dyslexies had to process both graphemes and diacritic signs than in the nonpointed experiment.
    • However, to be able to correctly map graphemes to phonemes, or phonemes to graphemes, children have to rely on well-specified phonological representations.
    • Then, beginning readers learn to parse the printed word into graphemes and subsequently assign phonemes to the different graphemes.
    • To reduce illiteracy and improve education in minority communities, the earliest efforts were concentrated on revising the existing writing systems to achieve a closer one-to-one correspondence between phonemes and graphemes.
    • Alternatively, the graphemes can be synthesized and mapped onto complete orthographic lexical representations.
    Synonyms
    letter, figure, symbol, sign, mark, type, cipher, device, hieroglyph, rune

Derivatives

  • graphematic

  • adjective -ˈmatɪk
    Linguistics
  • graphemic

  • adjective ɡrəˈfiːmɪk
    Linguistics
    • Selecting the correct word requires the user to attend to the specific/unique characteristics (e.g., phonemic, graphemic, morphemic) of the word among other, similar sounding and looking words.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The present results unequivocally demonstrate that graphemic cues, in the form of the first letter of the solution word, can be effective cues for anagram solution.
      • Those authors presented words in a study phase, accompanied by one of three types of questions, about the graphemic, phonemic or semantic properties of the word.
      • Our reasoning was that the passive condition ensured that the children received visual / graphemic and phonological input exactly at the same time, which might be important for forming the relevant associations.
      • To develop skills in learners, exercises are designed with important Telugu graphemic signs and pictures for repetition and practice.
  • graphemically

  • adverbɡrəˈfiːmɪk(ə)li
    Linguistics
    • All graphemically similar probe words and targets differed by only one letter.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In Experiment 1, the preview of target characters consisted of targets or of graphemically similar, homophonic, or dissimilar characters.
      • In this sense, in modern English a "b" is graphemically distinct from a "c", because by substituting one for the other we can move from "bat" to "cat".
  • graphemics

  • noun
    Linguistics
    • Furthermore, it is possible to search the corpus according to different beginning graphemics of the words.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sixteen articles are organized into sections on phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, historical/comparative linguistics, and graphemics.
      • This paper will address the relationship between 'school orthography' and graphemics.

Origin

1930s: from graph2 + -eme.

 
 

Definition of grapheme in US English:

grapheme

nounˈɡræfimˈɡrafēm
Linguistics
  • The smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system.

    Compare with phoneme
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, to be able to correctly map graphemes to phonemes, or phonemes to graphemes, children have to rely on well-specified phonological representations.
    • To reduce illiteracy and improve education in minority communities, the earliest efforts were concentrated on revising the existing writing systems to achieve a closer one-to-one correspondence between phonemes and graphemes.
    • Then, beginning readers learn to parse the printed word into graphemes and subsequently assign phonemes to the different graphemes.
    • Alternatively, the graphemes can be synthesized and mapped onto complete orthographic lexical representations.
    • There were more deviations from the normal pattern in the pointed experiment, where dyslexies had to process both graphemes and diacritic signs than in the nonpointed experiment.
    Synonyms
    letter, figure, symbol, sign, mark, type, cipher, device, hieroglyph, rune

Origin

1930s: from graph + -eme.

 
 
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