phonological

[ fohn-l-oj-i-kuhl, fon- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to phonology, the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in languages generally:

   The course covers phonological processes such as vowel harmony, voicing, syllabication, and the placement of stress.

2. of or relating to the inventory of sounds, and the patterns governing them, in a specific language:

   I’m not used to this sound and don’t know how to pronounce it, as it doesn’t exist in my native English phonological system.

Other Words From

• pho·no·log·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of phonological¹

phonolog(y) ( def ) + -ical ( def )

Example Sentences

The intervention incorporates comprehension strategy instruction in both reading and math, focusing and decoding, phonological awareness, vocabulary development, inferential thinking, contextualized learning and numeracy.

From Science Daily

Low frequency bands of brainwaves were fed through a special algorithm, which produced a 'read out' of the phonological information that was being encoded.

From Science Daily

Working memory, phonological awareness and oral language development were measured in all students in both Spanish and English as they progressed through grades using a battery of bilingual assessments.

From Science Daily

The letters P and F, which are alien to the Hausa phonological system, also influence how many northern Nigerians pronounce words containing them, so "police" can come out as "folice".

From BBC

Accent is the phonological part of a dialect.

From Salon

Related Words

• linguistic
• semantic