Phonological

//ˌfɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or relating to phonology. not-comparable
"[...] Phonological competence is also reflected in intuitions about phonological structure: any English speaker intuitively feels, for example, that the sequence 'black bird' can either be a single phonological word (BLACKbird, with primary stress on black = a species of bird, like thrush, robin, etc.), or two independent phonological words (BLACK BIRD or black BIRD = bird which is black, as opposed to 'white bird', 'yellow bird', etc.)."
2
Pertaining to the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, and accent. not-comparable

Adjective

1
of or relating to phonology wordnet

Synonyms

descriptive grammatic grammatical graphemic lingual linguistic

Example

"English is often not pronounced in a phonological way."

Etymology

From phonology + -ical.

Related phrases

phonological hierarchy phonological phrase phonological word

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