phonologist

[ fuh-nol-uh-jist, foh- ]

noun

1. a specialist in phonology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of phonologist¹

First recorded in 1840–50; phonolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

But the ingenious phonologist who applied these to the Amháric tongue, has superadded seven foreign letters, each undergoing seven transformations by the annexure of as many vowel points; and these, with the addition of a suitable modicum of diphthongs, complete a total of two hundred and fifty-one characters, of the separate denomination of any of which, notwithstanding that most have possessed names from all antiquity, it may not perhaps be considered extraordinary that the most erudite in the land should profess entire ignorance.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• linguist
• wordsmith