PHONOLOGY


Meaning of PHONOLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fə-ˈnä-lə-jē, fō- ]

noun

Date: 1799

1. : the science of speech sounds including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages

2. : the phonetics and phonemics of a language at a particular time

• pho·no·log·i·cal ˌfō-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl also ˌfä- also pho·no·log·ic -jik adjective

• pho·no·log·i·cal·ly -ji-k(ə-)lē adverb

• pho·nol·o·gist fə-ˈnä-lə-jist, fō- noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.