adjective
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of or relating to the phoneme
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relating to or denoting speech sounds that belong to different phonemes rather than being allophonic variants of the same phoneme Compare phonetic
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of or relating to phonemics
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Etymology
Origin of phonemic
Example Sentences
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Could his trouble pronouncing acetaminophen be a phonemic paraphasic error?
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
He uses lots of phonemic paraphasia, where a person starts a word and then can't finish it so they say something that sounds similar such as "misses" instead of "missiles."
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024
Phonics and phonemic awareness is important for all students, but especially for dyslexic kids and English learners, who have trouble distinguishing between all the sounds.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2022
But for children with dyslexia, phonemic awareness is difficult.
From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2020
Language and music are intertwined to the point where there is evidence of a connection in the brain between phonemic sound discrimination and musical sound discrimination.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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