PHONOLOGY

Posted by : Aryani Kamis, 27 November 2014

pho·nol·o·gy

noun \fə-ˈnä-lə-jē, fō-\

linguistics : the study of the speech sounds used in a language

Full Definition of PHONOLOGY

: the science of speech sounds including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages

: the phonetics and phonemics of a language at a particular time

— pho·no·log·i·cal also pho·no·log·ic adjective

— pho·no·log·i·cal·ly adverb

— pho·nol·o·gist noun

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First Known Use of PHONOLOGY

1798

Rhymes with PHONOLOGY

andrology, anthology, apology, astrology, biology, bryology,cetology, Christology, chronology, conchology, cosmology,cryptology, cytolog...

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pho·nol·o·gy

noun \fə-ˈnäl-ə-jē, fō-\ (Medical Dictionary)

plural pho·nol·o·gies

Medical Definition of PHONOLOGY

: the science of speech sounds including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages

phonology

noun (Concise Encyclopedia)

Study of sound patterns within languages. Diachronic (historical) phonology traces and analyzes changes in speech sounds and sound systems over time (e.g., the process by which sea and see, once pronounced with different vowel sounds, have come to be pronounced alike). Synchronic (descriptive) phonology investigates sound patterns at a single stage in a language's development, to identify which ones can occur and in what position (in English, for example,nt and rk appear within or at the end of words but not at the beginning).