phonological
Americanadjective
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of or relating to phonology, the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in languages generally.
The course covers phonological processes such as vowel harmony, voicing, syllabication, and the placement of stress.
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of or relating to the inventory of sounds, and the patterns governing them, in a specific language.
I’m not used to this sound and don’t know how to pronounce it, as it doesn’t exist in my native English phonological system.
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The Phonological System A study of the phonological data reveals the Ars Grammaticae Iaponicae Linguae to be of minimal historical value.
From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.
It was under the auspices of the Wisconsin Phonological Institute, $15,000 being contributed for it by a ladies' society, and a city allowance being made to it in 1883.
From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry
The movement in this state has been in large part due to the activities of the Wisconsin Phonological Institute to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, an organization formed in 1879.
From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry
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