Emicness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 The state or degree of being emic. uncountable
"Then there is the factor of frequency — not the sole factor for arriving at load determinations, but one factor nevertheless. Immense for French 'word'-final stress, it is fairly low for English /h/ or /ŋ/ yet high for either of those units in comparison with the frequency of /ž/. Again, emicness is not the decisive issue."
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More examples"Then there is the factor of frequency — not the sole factor for arriving at load determinations, but one factor nevertheless. Immense for French 'word'-final stress, it is fairly low for English /h/ or /ŋ/ yet high for either of those units in comparison with the frequency of /ž/. Again, emicness is not the decisive issue."
Etymology
From emic + -ness.
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