phonology
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1. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | descriptive linguistics, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | orthoepy, |
| definition | : | a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | linguistics, |
| definition | : | the scientific study of language (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | syncopation, syncope, |
| definition | : | (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | phonologist, |
| definition | : | a specialist in phonology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | phonologist, |
| definition | : | a specialist in phonology (noun.person) |
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