noun
Academic term covering both phonetics (speech sounds) and phonology (sound systems). In Japanese linguistics, 音韻学 often leans toward phonology, while 音声学 is used for phonetics, but the English gloss include both.
彼は大学で音韻学を専攻している。
He is majoring in phonology at university.
音韻学の観点から、この方言の母音体系を分析した。
From a phonological perspective, we analyzed the vowel system of this dialect.