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Of a form of linguistic analysis: predicated on the establishment of a single overall system (as, for example, a single system of sound differences independent of context).
Used chiefly of structuralist analysis, especially in contrast to the polysystemic approach advocated by J. R. Firth.
1940s; earliest use found in John R. Firth (1890–1960), linguistic scholar. From mono- + systemic.