1. We term ai in French faire or th in Englishthither, compound graphemes356 356 because they function as units in representing single phonemes, but are further divisible into units (a, i, t, h) which are significant within their respective graphemic systems. Cf. Stetson,Mél. van Ginneken,
2. Cf. the writer'sStructural Sketch of FrenchBaltimore 1948 24 24Language Monograph2.13; hereinafter abbreviatedSS.
3. E. g. in Devoto B.The World of FictionBoston 1950 8 8