phonology
[fuh-nol-uh-jee, foh-]
- the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
- the phonological system or the body of phonological facts of a language.
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Origin of phonology
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Related Words for phonology
utterance, accent, diction, enunciation, articulation, twang, elocution, speech, drawl, phonetics, phonology, syllabification, phonemics, orthoepyExamples from the Web for phonology
Contemporary Examples of phonology
I wanted it to have a sound very much like Arabic, so the phonology of Arabic influenced the way it sounds and the rhythm.
Historical Examples of phonology
There are differences of phonology, vocabulary, and grammatical forms.
A Handbook of the Cornish LanguageHenry Jenner
Phonology: Orm supplemented the current graphic methods by devices of his own.
Phonology: This has been sufficiently described at pp. 493-9: a few forms call for comment.
Phonology: This section should be compared with pp. 581-586; explanations of abnormal forms offered there are not repeated.
Phonology: Godrics Northern dialect has been well preserved, but he would have written scild 3, ric 4, and probably birth 13.
phonology
- the study of the sound system of a language or of languages in generalCompare syntax (def. 1), syntax (def. 2), semantics
- such a sound system
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