verb
- converting sounds or written symbols into phonemes; analyzing or representing language in terms of its phonemic units
Usage: linguistics; present participle of 'phonemicize'
Examples
- The linguist is phonemicizing the dialect to identify its distinct sound units.
- Phonemicizing a language requires careful listening and systematic analysis.
- Researchers are phonemicizing the indigenous language before it disappears.
- The process of phonemicizing helps linguists understand how speakers distinguish meaning through sound.
- By phonemicizing the text, we can see which sounds are functionally important in the language.