phonological
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.
Origin of phonological
1- Rarely pho·no·log·ic [fohn-l-oj-ik, fon-] /ˌfoʊn lˈɒdʒ ɪk, ˌfɒn-/ .
Other words from phonological
- pho·no·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use phonological in a sentence
Collado's handling of the nasal sounds is too inconsistent to be a reliable source for phonological data.
Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language | Diego ColladoRodriguez' transcription better reflects the phonological facts; naraye, vomoye, and cuye.
Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language | Diego ColladoCollado's transcription is unable accurately to express the proper phonological, or morphological, form of shin'i 'indignation.'
Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language | Diego ColladoOf his contributions to reviews on phonological topics, perhaps the most important is his discussion of "Brugmann's Law."
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