verb
- to analyze or represent (speech sounds) in terms of phonemes; to convert phonetic data into phonemic units
Usage: linguistics; technical
Examples
- Linguists phonemicize the recorded speech to identify the distinct sound units of the language.
- The researcher had to phonemicize the dialect data before comparing it with the standard variety.
- To phonemicize a language, you must first determine which sound differences are meaningful to speakers.
- The team worked to phonemicize the indigenous language's consonant inventory.
- Once you phonemicize the utterances, patterns in the sound system become clearer.