音おん韻いん論ろん

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Meanings

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noun

phonology

linguistics

Linguistics term for the study of sound systems in languages.

音おん韻いん論ろんは言げん語ごの音おんの体たい系けいを研けん究きゅうする分ぶん野やです。
Phonology is the field that studies the sound systems of languages.

音sound, noise
韻rhyme, elegance, tone
論argument, discourse

Similar words

音おん声せい学がく
音声学 (phonetics) focuses on the physical production and perception of speech sounds, while 音韻論 (phonology) deals with abstract sound patterns and systems.

Etymology

Compound of 音韻 (おんいん, 'sound' or 'phoneme') and 論 (ろん, 'theory' or 'discourse'). The term is a direct translation of the Western linguistic concept 'phonology'.