ALL meanings of archiphoneme
ar·chi·pho·neme
A a - noun archiphoneme an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad 3
- noun archiphoneme an abstract phonological unit consisting of the distinctive features common to two phonemes that differ only in that one has a distinctive feature lacking in the other. The archiphoneme is said to be realized when in a certain position an otherwise phonemic opposition is neutralized; thus, in German, while p and b are separate phonemes differing only in the distinctive feature of voicing, in final position the voicing or unvoicing of the labial stop is nondistinctive, and the p- sound of leib “body” may be called the realization of the archiphoneme. 1
- noun archiphoneme such a unit occurring in a position where the contrast between two or more phonemes is neutralized. 1
- noun archiphoneme (linguistics, phonology) A unit representing two or more underlying phonemes, where the distinction between them has been neutralized under certain conditions. 0