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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions phonology noun (phonolog, ies, -) (linguistics, uncountable) A subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages. (linguistics, countable) The way sounds function within a given language. 1856, Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, Mission Press, page 16: : The Achean, the ancient Malayu and other mixed phonologies possessing a considerable degree of harshness, were thus formed. 1997, Jacek Fisiak, Trends in Linguistics: Studies in Middle English Linguistics (ISBN 3110152428), Walter de Gruyter, page 545: : Crucially, the neat separateness of phonologies which my account seems to imply is an abstraction and does not mean that the phonologies represented different regional or social dialects. 2005, Charles W. Kreidler, Phonology, page 219: : Thus, underlying "agtus" was converted first into "Ä�gtus" by the vowel lengthening rule, and then into "Ä�ktus" by the ancient persistent rule. This example has previously been interpreted as indicating that new rules can enter a elsewhere than at depth I. Etymology: From (term, sc=Grek, , tr=fÅnÄ, , sound) and (term, sc=polytonic, -, tr=-logía, , -logy, branch of study)      Full Definition of phonology  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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