Phonology
Of linguistics and descriptive linguistics. May also be referred to as phonemics.
The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes.
This concept's ID is @1~33157
Contains
- syncopation
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle...
- orthoepy
A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation...
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- phonologist
A specialist in phonology.