phonology

Noun
  1. The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes (synset 106187166)
    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

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