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nounthe study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
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- syncope (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
- firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
- syncopation (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
- naturalisation changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology
- naturalization changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' 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
- 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
- prescriptive linguistics an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics
- phonological of or relating to phonology
- j. r. firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)