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Dictionary of language and linguistics 892phonemic paraphasiaparaphasiaaphasia,phonemic script phonography 2phonemic theoryphonologyphonemic variantallophonephonemics1 Synonym for phonology.2 Because of the historical connotations that since the time of the Neogrammarianswere attached to the term phonology, which today is used for synchronic and diachronicstudies, ‘phonemics’ was first used by the American structuralists for ‘synchronicphonology.’ This designation was also meant to distinguish the American structuralistapproach from that of the European structuralists, especially those of the Prague School.phonologyReferencesphonemizationIn diachronic phonology process and result of the development of a phonological variant( allophone) into a phoneme. ( also sound change)