Phonology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
Areas within Phonology
Phonetics and phonology
Speech sounds and sound systems.
5 wordsMorphology and syntax
Word structure and sentence structure.
7 wordsSemantics and pragmatics
Meaning in language and meaning in context.
6 wordsCorpus linguistics
The analysis of language using large structured collections of texts.
0 wordsHistorical linguistics
Language change and relationships between languages over time.
5 wordsSociolinguistics
Language variation and its relationship with society and identity.
8 wordsMorphology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
32 wordsPhonetics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
59 wordsPhonology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
36 wordsPragmatics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
329 wordsSemantics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
15 wordsSyntax
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
35 words36 featured terms
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Emphasisnounthe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Stressnounthe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
allophonenoun(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
Phonemenoun(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
Syllablenouna unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word ‘pocket’ has two syllables"
Tonenoun(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
Accentuationnounthe use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
Pitch accentnounemphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
Sentence stressnounthe distribution of stresses within a sentence
Tonic accentnounemphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
Word accentnounthe distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
Word stressnounthe distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
Antepenultnounthe 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Antepenultimanounthe 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Antepenultimatenounthe 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Closed syllablenouna syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."
Heavy syllablenouna syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel followed b…
Light syllablenouna syllable with a short vowel as the nucleus and no coda.; "A light syllable consists of a single short vowel in an open syllable."
Open syllablenouna syllable ended by a vowel or diphthong.; "An open syllable occurs when a vowel is at the end of the syllable, resulting in the long vowel soun…
Penultnounthe next to last syllable in a word
Penultimanounthe next to last syllable in a word
Penultimatenounthe next to last syllable in a word
Reduplicationnounthe syllable added in a reduplicated word form
Solfa syllablenounone of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization
Ultimanounthe last syllable in a word
Fanounthe syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
Lanounthe syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
Minounthe syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
Raynounthe syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Renounthe syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Sinounthe syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Sonounthe syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
Solnounthe syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
tinounthe syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Utnounthe syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
