phonologist
/fəˈnɒlədʒɪst/noun
उच्चारण फ़नॉलजिस्ट
स्वनिम-विज्ञानी, ध्वनि-विज्ञानी
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a person who studies the speech sounds of a particular language and how they are used
स्वनिम-विज्ञानी, ध्वनि-विज्ञानी
- A phonologist studies how sounds change meaning.
- A phonologist explained why Hindi speakers often confuse the sounds v and w.
- The phonologist recorded children speaking in different villages.
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- As a phonologist, she explains why accents differ.
- The phonologist wrote a paper on the sounds of Tamil.
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pho·nol·o·gist
⌂Word origin and word building
Phon- means sound (telephone, symphony).
Phon- का अर्थ ध्वनि (telephone, symphony)।
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The study of the sound system of a language is phonology; the study of speech sounds in general phonetics; of word meanings semantics; of word origins etymology; of sentence structure syntax; of language in general linguistics.
भाषा की ध्वनि-व्यवस्था का अध्ययन phonology; सामान्य रूप से वाक्-ध्वनियों का phonetics; शब्दों के अर्थ का semantics; शब्दों की उत्पत्ति का etymology; वाक्य-संरचना का syntax; सामान्य रूप से भाषा का linguistics।