phonology

English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960) n

United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)

n the quality of being brought into conformity with nature n the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship n the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous n changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology

a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography

as, phonograph, phonology.