Terminology

Terminology

Terminology is the meaning of terms and thier use.

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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 a sociolect, ...

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.

phonetic

Language; Terminology

A reference to a phenomenon in the area of phonetics.

phonetics

Language; Terminology

The study of human sounds without immediate regard to their systematic status for a certain language.

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 the rules for their ...