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pho·nol·o·gy

(fə-nŏl′ə-jē, fō-)

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.

pho·no·log′ic (fō′nə-lŏj′ĭk), pho′no·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

pho′no·log′i·cal·ly adv.

pho·nol′o·gist n.

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phonology

(fəˈnɒlədʒɪ)

n, pl -gies

1. (Phonetics & Phonology) the study of the sound system of a language or of languages in general. Compare syntax¹, syntax², semantics

2. (Phonetics & Phonology) such a sound system

phonological, ˌphonoˈlogic adj

ˌphonoˈlogically adv

phoˈnologist n

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pho•nol•o•gy

(fəˈnɒl ə dʒi, foʊ-)

n., pl. -gies.

1. the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.

2. the phonological system or the body of phonological facts of a language.

[1790–1800]

pho•no•log•i•cal (ˌfoʊn lˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl) pho`no•log′ic, adj.

pho`no•log′i•cal•ly, adv.

pho•nol′o•gist (-dʒɪst) n.

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.

phonology

[fəʊˈnɒlədʒɪ] N → fonología f

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phonology

[fəʊˈnɒlədʒi] n → phonologie f

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phonology

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

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phonology

[fəʊˈnɒlədʒɪ] n (Ling) → fonologia

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Hymen and Plank sent out a call for linguists who define themselves and are perceived first and foremost as phonologists to write on typology from a phonological perspective--thus crossing two areas of linguistics that rarely interact.

Phonological Typology

Knowledge of the rhymes was essential for writing and appreciating regularized verse; accordingly, phonologists spent much time on them.

"Shooting Characters": A Phonological Game and Its Uses in Late Imperial China

Phoneticians and phonologists have long worked hard to understand the correct phonetic definitions of phonological features.

An analysis of phonology and linguistic interfaces as a new case for a biopsychological foundation for linguistics

(3) Indeed, over the past decades, theory of verse has largely become a province of phonologists, while linguistics at large has moved closer to cognitive science and away from the study of literary forms and their evolution.

Verse structure and literary tradition: the interaction between rhyme and stress in the Onegin Stanza

Phonologists define aspiration as a delay in onset time, or alternatively as sound production with open vocal folds.

Singing in Danish: a guide to diction

8), including phonologists and linguists, and the impact of these discourses on patriotic schemes for public education; section three shows "how the pressure to conform to one model of English meter and English national identification produced fractures in the poetic-national identity of soldier poets in particular and, more broadly, reactionary misunderstandings about English metrical cultures for poets associated with the modernist avant-garde" (p.

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There are phonologists who do not admit their existence at all or treat these as anomalous.

The quantitative structure of Estonian syllabic-accentual trochaic tetrameter

Phonologists have different views on the syllabification of a language in terms of marking the syllable boundary.

HINDKO SYLLABIFICATION AND THE MAXIMAL ONSET PRINCIPLE (MOP)

European and American linguists, particularly phonologists, explore how the three pillars--context, function, and communication--can support future research in prosody, which considers the role of pitch, accent, and other characteristics of the voice in speech.

Understanding prosody; the role of context, function and communication

For the last few years phonologists have been able to appreciate the merit of Gussmann's (2007) seminal The Phonology of Polish and now morphologists have an opportunity to delve into the morphological meanderings and to have a feel of the patterns of Polish word-formation (p.

Bogdan Szymanek. A Panorama of Polish Word-Formation

It's the usual practice of phonologists to analyze the abstract sound-structures of a specific language or dialect, often in wider context of comparative purview; the smallest units of scrutiny are probably sub-group communities like creolized or immigrant populations, the sound world of young children learning a native speech, or the non-sound world of sign language used by deaf people.