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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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received pronunciation
Language; Terminology
The standard pronunciation of British English. This stems originally from the speech of the middle and upper classes in London. In the course of the 19th century it developed into ...
phone
Language; Terminology
Any human sound which has not been classified in the phonology of a language.
phoneme
Language; Terminology
In traditional phonology the smallest unit in language which distinguishes meaning, as seen in coat and goat. Each phoneme has one or more realizations, called allophones.
phonemics
Language; Terminology
The study of phonemes in language, their distribution, status and interrelationshipsThe study of phonemes in language, their distribution, status and interrelationships.
phonetics
Language; Terminology
The study of human sounds without immediate regard to their systematic status for a certain language.
phonological
Language; Terminology
A reference to the phonology of a language, i.e. to the deeper and more abstract organization of the sounds of a language. A language’s phonology is its inventory of phonemes and ...
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