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Phonology is the study of the patterning of sounds in language
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Phonology is the study of the patterning of sounds in language. It looks at where particular sounds can appear relative to other sounds, and it looks at changes that sounds undergo in particular contexts.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Phonetics (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_phonology
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_phonology
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology
*http://www.ling.udel.edu/idsardi/101/notes/phonology.html
 
*http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 
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Revision as of 21:06, 15 June 2012

Phonology is the study of the patterning of sounds in language. It looks at where particular sounds can appear relative to other sounds, and it looks at changes that sounds undergo in particular contexts.

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

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.