autonomous phoneme

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noun Linguistics.

a phoneme that is defined or determined by its contrast in sound with other phonemes, without reference to its role in morphology or any other level of linguistic analysis beyond the phonetic level.

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Also called taxonomic phoneme.

Compare systematic phoneme.

Words nearby autonomous phoneme

autonomics, autonomism, autonomotropic, autonomous, autonomously, autonomous phoneme, autonomous syntax, autonomy, autonym, autooxidation, autopay

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Finally free of Japanese interference, Korea elected its first autonomous government in almost half a century.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
New York cannot be personified; it is not an autonomous entity.
New York Is Taylor Swift’s New Boyfriend|Amy Zimmerman|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Any Miss America contestant who betrays herself to be a sexually autonomous being will be quickly sent packing.
There She Is! Deport the Miss America Pageant.|Amy Zimmerman|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our aim is that one day the mission will be autonomous, but we have a long way to go to reach that.
Are European Rescuers Enticing Migrants to Their Deaths?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Following his time on the Iraqi High Tribunal, he became the minister of justice in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region.
Iraqi Insurgents Circulate the Lie That They Killed the Judge in Saddam’s Trial|Michael Newton|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for the autonomous cities of Asia, they must acquire their freedom by his free grace, not by an injunction from Rome.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
But streets demand all shades of verbal expression (from the non-existing up to the autonomous creature).
Instigations|Ezra Pound
To be strictly accurate, the significance of the -ness is not quite as inherently determined, as autonomous, as it might be.
Language|Edward Sapir
Thus, a new movement begins; the passive attitude of the soul gives way to an autonomous attitude and movement.
An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy|W. Tudor Jones
He found a group of professional schools, each more or less autonomous, and he transformed it into a University.
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921|Cyrus Macmillan

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