Phonology

Pronunciation: /fəˈnɑːləˌdʒiː/

Phonology (noun)

  1. The study of how a language organizes and uses speech sounds, including how sounds change in different positions.
  2. A set of rules that describes which sound patterns are allowed in a language and how they behave.

Examples

  • Phonology studies how sounds work in a language.
  • The course covers phonology as a sound system study.