phonemicist
/foʊˈniːmɪsɪst/
noun
- A linguist who specializes in the study of phonemes (the smallest units of sound that distinguish meaning in a language).
- As a phonemicist, she could identify subtle sound differences that most people miss.
- The university hired a phonemicist to help document endangered dialects.
- The phonemicist analyzed the vowel sounds of the indigenous language.
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