monophonematic, a. Linguistics.
(ˌmɒnəʊfəʊnɪˈmætɪk)
[f. mono- + phonematic a.]
= monophonemic a.
| 1940 Language XVI. 249 The argument for the monophonematic character of Dutch ei,..(and the same applies to the English sounds in bite..) can be shown not to hold if the total structure of the syllable and the behavior of the..diphthongs are examined. 1952 A. Cohen Phonemes of Eng. ii. 24 The problem of how to decide whether we have to do with one or more phonemes (monophonematic or polyphonematic interpretation). 1961 Brno Studies in English III. 68 It is..in this medium section of the concerned sound trace that this most essential quality of the monophonematic diphthong must obtain the most obvious prominence. |
Hence monophoneˈmatically adv., monophonemaˈticity.
| 1953 C. E. Bazell Linguistic Form iv. 47 The absence of possibility of being on a morph-boundary..may be a criterion of monophonematicity. 1961 Brno Studies in English III. 68 What matters..is..the direction and the zonal extent of the monophonematically evaluated ‘gliding diphthong’. 1961 F. W. Householder in Saporta & Bastian Psycho-linguistics 18/1 The chief metaphysical bones hassled over..concern such points as ‘biuniqueness’, ‘monophonematicity’ [etc.]. |