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Webster 1913 Edition


Phonology

Pho-nol′o-gy

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Noun.
[
Phono-
+
-logy
.]
The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Phonology

PHONOL'OGY

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Noun.
[Gr. sound, voice, and discourse.] A treatise on sounds, or the science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including its various distinctions or subdivisions of tones.