| NOUN | cognition | phonemics, phonology | the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes |
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| Meaning | The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes. | |
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| Synonym | phonology | |
| Category of | syncope, syncopation | (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle') |
| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Narrower | orthoepy | A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the 'correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to 'correct' orthography |
| Broader | descriptive linguistics | A description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology / morphology and syntax / syntax and semantics without value judgments |
| Spanish | fonología | |
| Catalan | fonemàtica, fonologia | |
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