ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Semiphonotypy

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Semiphonotypy is a noun meaning (historical) A form of phonotypy that preserves some of the non-phonetic spellings of English, for example in using sh and zh rather than ʃ and ʒ.

Meaning

(historical) A form of phonotypy that preserves some of the non-phonetic spellings of English, for example in using sh and zh rather than ʃ and ʒ.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pictophonetics, phonosemantics, semivowel, transphonologization, phonetic, morphophonemics.

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