Meaning & use
phonology
The branch of linguistics that studies how sounds are organized and used within a particular language.
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Her thesis on English phonology examined how stress patterns change word meaning.
Phonology explains why certain sound combinations feel natural in one language but not another.
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Phonology deals with abstract sound patterns and rules, while phonetics studies the physical production of speech sounds.
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