English noun: phonology | |||
| 1. | phonology (cognition) the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes | ||
| Synonyms | phonemics | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | descriptive linguistics | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | orthoepy | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| Domain category members | syncopation, syncope | ||