phonemics

phonemics
phonemicist /feuh nee"meuh sist, foh-/, n.
/feuh nee"miks, foh-/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
1. the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
2. the phonemic system of a language, or a discussion of this: English phonemics.
[1935-40; PHONEME + -ICS]

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      in linguistics, the study of the phonemes and phonemic system of a language. For linguists who analyze phonological systems wholly in terms of the phoneme, phonemics is coextensive with phonology (q.v.).

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