phonology

pho·nol·o·gy  (f-nl-j, f-)

n. pl. pho·nol·o·gies

1. The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.

2. The sound system of a language: the phonology of English.

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pho·no·logic (fn-ljk), phono·logi·cal (--kl) adj.

phono·logi·cal·ly adv.

pho·nolo·gist n.

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phonology [fəˈnɒlədʒɪ]

n pl -gies

1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the study of the sound system of a language or of languages in general Compare syntax [1] [2] semantics

2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) such a sound system

phonological  [ˌfəʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk^əl ˌfɒn-] adj

phonologically  adv

phonologist  n

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phonology

1. the study of speech sounds, from either or both the phonetic and phonemic viewpoints.
2. the phonetic and phonemic systems of a language. See also linguistics. — phonologist, n. — phonological, adj.

See also: Sound

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1. the study of the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more languages comparatively.
2. the phonetics and phonemics of a language at a stated time; synchronic phonology. — phonologist, n. — phonological, adj.

See also: Linguistics

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

phonology - the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes phonemics linguistics - the scientific study of language orthoepy - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography descriptive linguistics - a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments syncopation, syncope - (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

Translations

phonology [fəʊˈnɒlədʒɪ] N → fonología f

phonology [fəʊˈnɒlədʒi] n → phonologie f

phonology

n (= science) → Phonologie f; (= system) → Lautsystem nt

phonology [fəʊˈnɒlədʒɪ] n (Ling) → fonologia