phonology
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When designing the phonology of the Yautja language, Watkins took into account the aliens’ physiology.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
"If you think of Sindarin - one of the two main Elvish languages - it's very much based on the phonology and grammar, at points, of Welsh," she said.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025
By the end of the first full year of teaching this way, Hurt said 80 percent of her class had aced a phonology test — a rate she hadn’t seen before.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021
At Wellesley College, Dr. Angela Carpenter teaches the foundation of language creation, which she dices into roughly six blocks: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, grammatical rules of verbs, and nouns and what they indicate.
From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2020
He defines grammar as a practical acquaintance with the language of literary men, and as divided into six parts—accentuation and phonology, explanation of figurative expressions, definition, etymology, general rules of flexion and critical canons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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The Mother Tongue
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phon (sound)
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