Phonaesthetics
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The study of phonaesthesia. uncountable
- 2 The study of euphony. uncountable
- 3 The aesthetics of a language's phonology, or the study or construction thereof. uncountable
"Indeed, if there is anything at all to phonaesthetics, there must be some nonarbitariness to phonetic structure -- at least to people who have some phonaesthetic perceptions (as people on this list have admitted they have), if not to everyone."
Example
More examples"Indeed, if there is anything at all to phonaesthetics, there must be some nonarbitariness to phonetic structure -- at least to people who have some phonaesthetic perceptions (as people on this list have admitted they have), if not to everyone."
Etymology
From phon- + aesthetics.
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