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phonology
音系学
the study of the sound system of a language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
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The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.
研究语音在语言中的功能方式,包括口音、语调、音位、重音和音节结构,以及哪些声音是语言中的区别性单位；(可数)特定语言中语音的功能方式；音系系统。
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the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
研究某种语言的音系及其音素的分析和分类
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The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language.
研究手语中手势成分的功能方式,以及哪些成分是语言中的区别性单位；(可数)特定手语中手势成分的功能方式。
研究语音在语言中的功能方式,包括口音、语调、音位、重音和音节结构,以及哪些声音是语言中的区别性单位；(可数)特定语言中语音的功能方式；音系系统。；研究某种语言的音系及其音素的分析和分类；研究手语中手势成分的功能方式,以及哪些成分是语言中的区别性单位；(可数)特定手语中手势成分的功能方式。；历时音系学；[医] 语音学
In use
In our linguistics class, we studied the phonology of Spanish.
Her research focuses on the phonology of African languages.
The course covers phonology, syntax, and semantics.
the phonology of [language]
phonology 指特定语言的音系系统或音系学这个学科。
The phonology of Mandarin includes four tones.
普通话的音系学包括四个声调。
study phonology
作为学科名称时，phonology 不可数。
She studies phonology at university.
她在大学学习音系学。
in phonology
in phonology 表示“在音系学领域”。
In phonology, a phoneme is a basic unit of sound.
Connections
Collocations
- generative phonology
- 生成音系学
- Generative phonology provides a formal model of how sounds combine.生成音系学为语音如何组合提供了形式化模型。
- historical phonology
- 历史音系学
- Historical phonology traces the development of consonant clusters in English.历史音系学追溯英语辅音群的演变。
- synchronic phonology
- 共时音系学
- Synchronic phonology describes the sound patterns of a language at a given stage.共时音系学描述某一阶段语言的语音模式。
- English phonology
- 英语音系学
- English phonology is a core module for linguistics students.英语音系学是语言学专业学生的核心课程。
- study phonology
- 学习音系学
- We studied phonology in our first year of graduate school.我们研究生第一年学习了音系学。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：phono-像phone（声音）+ -logy表示学科，即研究语言声音系统的学问。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、linguistics lecture、research paper 该词指对语言音系系统的研究，是语言学术语，通常用于正式或学术语境，多出现在语言学专业文献和课堂中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with phonology in American English, with stressed /ɑ/ followed by /lədʒi/. Beware similar-looking words like philosophy (/fəˈlɑsəfi/) and phonetic (/fəˈnɛtɪk/), which are not rhymes.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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