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ENGLISH PHONOLOGY

Definitions

– consonant

/konsnnt/

• noun 1 a speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which forms a syllable when combined with a vowel. 2 a letter representing such a sound.

• adjective (consonant with) in agreement or harmony with.

— DERIVATIVES consonantal adjective.

— ORIGIN Latin consonare ‘sound together’, from sonus ‘sound’.

- Vowel

• noun 1 a speech sound in which the mouth is open and the tongue is not touching the top of the mouth, the teeth, or the lips. 2 a letter representing such a sound, such as a, e, i, o, u.

— ORIGIN Old French vouel, from Latin vocalis littera ‘vocal letter’.

- Diphthong:

/difthong/

• noun a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable (as in coin).

— ORIGIN Greek diphthongos, from di- ‘twice’ + phthongos ‘sound’.

philology

• noun 1 the study of the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages. 2 chiefly N. Amer. literary or classical scholarship.

— DERIVATIVES philological adjective philologist noun.

— ORIGIN originally in the sense "love of learning": from Greek philologia.

BIBLIOGRAFIA CONSULTADA: ASK oxford .com