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PHONOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
Synonyms:
phonemics; phonology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("phonology" is a kind of...):
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)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Domain member category:
syncopation; syncope ((phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle'))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phonology"):
orthoepy (a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the 'correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to 'correct' orthography)
Derivation:
phonologic; phonological (of or relating to phonology)
phonologist (a specialist in phonology)
