"phonology" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language

associated with: syncopation, syncope - (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

is a type 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

subtypes: orthoepy - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography

same as: phonemics