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pho·nol·o·gy
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generative phonology
a theory of phonology that uses a set of rules to derive phonetic representations from abstract underlying forms. -
baudouin de courtenay
Jan Ignacy Niecisław [yahn ig-nah-tsi nye-tsis-lahf] /yɑn ɪgˈnɑ tsɪ ˈnyɛ tsɪsˌlɑf/ (Show IPA), 1845–1929, Polish linguist: pioneer in modern phonology. -
consonantism
the system of consonants of a particular language. -
dialect
A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area. -
internal reconstruction
the hypothetical reconstruction of an earlier stage of a language or of some part of it, as its phonology, by deductions from irregularities in its present structure, as the reconstruction of a stage in English when certain instances of r were related to s in a systematic way by comparing the pair was:were to other pairs, as lose:forlorn. -
joual
any of the nonstandard dialects of Canadian French, characterized by deviations from the standard phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary, and often containing many borrowings from English.