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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These are examples of what we call phonemic paraphasia which is associated with underlying brain damage.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 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
Still, there are some who lack sufficient "phonemic awareness" to get on top of this skill.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2012
In addition, there is an intrinsic relationship in the discrimination of phonemic sounds and musical sounds for children learning to read.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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