noun
- the study of phonemes and their function in a language system
Usage: linguistics; used with singular verb
Examples
- Phonemics is a branch of linguistics that analyzes sound systems.
- The professor taught phonemics to help students understand language structure.
- Her research in phonemics focused on vowel patterns in different dialects.
- Phonemics examines how sounds create meaning in spoken language.
- Students of phonemics learn to identify distinctive sound units.
- The phonemics course covered sound changes across languages.