graphemics

English

Etymology

By analogy with phonemics. By surface analysis, graphemic +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹæˈfiː.mɪks/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹæˈfi.mɪks/
  • Hyphenation: gra‧phe‧mics, graph‧em‧ics

Noun

graphemics (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language.

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