Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phonology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phonology \Pho*nol"o*gy\, n. [Phono- + -logy.]
The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by
the human voice in speech, including the various
distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones;
phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phonology
n : the study of the sound system of a given language and the
analysis and classification of its phonemes [syn: {phonemics}]
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