noun
- Plural of phonemicist; linguists who study phonemics, the system of phonemes in a language.
Usage: technical; linguistics
Examples
- The phonemicists analyzed the sound system of the indigenous language.
- Several phonemicists gathered at the conference to discuss their latest research.
- Phonemicists distinguish between sounds that change meaning in a language.
- The team of phonemicists documented how phonemes vary across different dialects.
- Early phonemicists developed methods to identify the minimal units of sound in speech.