phonological

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to phonology.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

phonologic language etymological oratorical linguistic phonetic expressive syntactic idiomatic philological syntactical terminological lingual morphological dialectal
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Antonyms

ordinary incorrect quiet erroneous faulty unsophisticated
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Phrases with the word

phonological process phonological rule phonological shift phonological transformation phonological change law phonological change principle

Examples

the phonological component of language Source: Internet

A few other studies and practices with physical developmental psychology are the phonological abilities of mature 5- to 11-year-olds, and the controversial hypotheses of left-handers being maturationally delayed compared to right-handers. Source: Internet

Almost all Inuit language variants have only three basic vowels and make a phonological distinction between short and long forms of all vowels. Source: Internet

Also, sound changes may be regularized in inflectional paradigms (such as verbal inflection), in which case the change is no longer phonological but morphological in nature. Source: Internet

Allophonic variation may be conditioned, in which case a certain phoneme is realized as a certain allophone in particular phonological environments, or it may be free in which case it may vary randomly. Source: Internet

As a theory of phonological representation, autosegmental phonology developed a formal account of ideas that had been sketched in earlier work by several linguists, notably Bernard Bloch (1948), Charles Hockett (1955) and J. R. Firth (1948). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

phonologer phonologic phonologic system phonological change law phonological change principle phonological hierarchy