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    PHONOLOGY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    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)

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