| The phonematic facts are far better explained and more simply set forth if we conceive of a separate phonemic category in which all stressed-vowel oppositions are suspended. |
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| The tone rules, which are essential and phonematic to Thai, dictate that the stress cannot and should not be expressed by changing the tone too much. |
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| Kristeva asserts that the geno-text is a process that articulates ephemeral structures embedded in phonematic and melodic devices. |
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