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音韻論 (oninron) Japanese meaning: phonology | Kotomora

音おん韻いん論ろん

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ん

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Meanings

1

Linguistics term for the study of sound systems in languages.

音おん韻いん論ろんは言げん語ごの音おんの

体たい

系けい

を

研けん

究きゅう

する

分ぶん

野や

です

。

Phonology is the field that studies the sound systems of languages.

Kanji

音sound, noise
韻rhyme, elegance, tone
論argument, discourse

Related words

音おん声せい学がく
音声学 (phonetics) focuses on the physical production and perception of speech sounds, while 音韻論 (phonology) deals with abstract sound patterns and systems.

Word family

形けい態たい音おん韻いん論ろん
morphophonology; morphophonemics

Built from

音おん韻いん+論ろん

Etymology

Compound of 音韻 (おんいん, 'sound' or 'phoneme') and 論 (ろん, 'theory' or 'discourse'). The term is a direct translation of the Western linguistic concept 'phonology'.