From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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Date: | Monday, June 25, 2001, 23:27 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:>Well, as for my stupid question: shall we say "phonemic" or "phonematic"?I've>always wondered which one was the correct word.>US Linguistic usage says "phonemic"; "phonematic" may be a European/Romance? form, viewing /fonem-/ as if it were a real Greek word in -ma, like "drama, dramatic" or "problem, problematic".
Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> |