Dictionary
pho•nol•o•gy
Pronunciation: (fu-nol'u-jē, fō-), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -gies.
1. the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
2. the phonological system or the body of phonological facts of a language.
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