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A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology

formalism

n. Any fully explicit notational device or set of such devices. Most approaches to phonology since the 1960s purport to be formalisms, though some are certainly more explicit and complete than others.

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Formalism from A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology. ISBN: 0-203-69511-9. Published: 2005–01–03. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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