phonological

American

[fohn-l-oj-i-kuhl, fon-] / ˌfoʊn lˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl, ˌfɒn- /

Rarely phonologic

adjective

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.
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.

Other Word Forms

phonologically adverb

Etymology

Origin of phonological

phonolog(y) ( def. ) + -ical ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Rhyming, meanwhile, is an early part of phonological awareness — the ability to recognize and manipulate sounds in oral language.

From Los Angeles Times

The intervention incorporates comprehension strategy instruction in both reading and math, focusing and decoding, phonological awareness, vocabulary development, inferential thinking, contextualized learning and numeracy.

From Science Daily

Low frequency bands of brainwaves were fed through a special algorithm, which produced a 'read out' of the phonological information that was being encoded.

From Science Daily

Researchers performed tests to determine a group of English learner students' aptitude in three cognitive and reading areas related to their native Spanish and English: phonological awareness, oral language development and working memory.

From Science Daily

The letters P and F, which are alien to the Hausa phonological system, also influence how many northern Nigerians pronounce words containing them, so "police" can come out as "folice".

From BBC

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