Name : SUSTENES
No.registation : 211 112 008
Class : A MAKALE
Subject : E.PHONOLOGY
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DEFENITIONS OF ENGLISH PHONOLOGY
There are some
defenitons of english phonology. The following are four definitions and my own defenition of english phonology :
1.
According to the site http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/phonologyterm.htm
english phonology is the branch of linguistics concerned with
the study of speech sounds with
reference to their distribution and patterning.
2.
According to the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology
english phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with
the systematic organization of sounds in
languages.
3.
According to the site http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phonology
english phonology is the science of speech
sounds including especially the history and theory of sounds changes in a
language or two or relate languages.
4.
According to the OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS english
phonology is the system of relationships beetwen the basic speech sounds of English
language.
5.
My own
defenition:
From
4 definitions above it can be concluded that english phonology is the study of sound especially
in the English language that refers to the
history, theory, distribution, pattern, and the correct way to pronounce english
words.
