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| − | Phonology | + | Phonology explores the distribution of sounds within a language. Phonologists are often concerned with the phoneme inventory of a particular language and the alternations between sounds in different contexts. Despite paying similar attention to the sounds of a language, phonology differs from phonetics in the concern it pays to the mental representation of those sounds. Phonologists can describe a sound relative to the other sounds with which it appears and by the changes it undergoes when the environment varies. |
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Phonology explores the distribution of sounds within a language. Phonologists are often concerned with the phoneme inventory of a particular language and the alternations between sounds in different contexts. Despite paying similar attention to the sounds of a language, phonology differs from phonetics in the concern it pays to the mental representation of those sounds. Phonologists can describe a sound relative to the other sounds with which it appears and by the changes it undergoes when the environment varies.
See Also
External Links
- http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm
- https://www.uni-due.de/ELE/Phonetics.htm#:~:text=Phonetics%20is%20the%20study%20of,a%20particular%20language%20or%20languages
- http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/PHONOLOGY1.htm
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References
- Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
