Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.

    Phonologie, Phonemik, Lautsystem

    фоноло́гияfonológija, фоне́тикаfonɛ́tika, фоноло́гияfonológija

    фоноло́гіяfonolóhija

    the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

  2. (broadly, uncountable)The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Grammar is divided into phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

    deDie Grammatik ist unterteilt in Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax und Semantik.

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  2. English has an odd phonology and an odd orthography.

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  3. Maltese has a unique phonology with a wide range of consonants and vowels.

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  4. Spanish phonology is pretty simple.

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  5. Grammar is divided into phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

    deDie Grammatik ist unterteilt in Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax und Semantik.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
study of the way sounds function in languages:
Русский
By meaning 2
study of the way sounds function in languages:
way sounds function within a given language:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
study of the way sounds function in languages:
way sounds function within a given language:

Origin

From phono- (prefix denoting sound) + -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning, or a st

From phono- (prefix denoting sound) + -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning, or a study of a particular subject).

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Forms

plural: phonologies
Singularphonology

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes:phonemics

Word family

14 related words

See also

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