音おん韻いん学がく

noun

phonetics; phonology

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.

• 彼かれは大だい学がくで音おん韻いん学がくを専せん攻こうしている。

  He is majoring in phonology at university.

• 音おん韻いん学がくの観かん点てんから、この方ほう言げんの母ぼ音いん体たい系けいを分ぶん析せきした。

  From a phonological perspective, we analyzed the vowel system of this dialect.