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Orthography and Phonology Definitions

Orthography

The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

Phonology

The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.

Orthography

The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.

Phonology

The sound system of a language
The phonology of English.

Orthography

A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also (obsolete) a drawing made in this way.
Oblique projection
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Phonology

The study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language.

Orthography

(linguistics)

Phonology

The way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.

Orthography

(countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.

Phonology

The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
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Orthography

A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.

Phonology

The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

Orthography

(uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.

Orthography

(uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.

Orthography

Synonym of orthographer

Orthography

To spell (words) or write (text) according to established usage.

Orthography

The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious.
When spelling no longer follows the pronunciation, but is hardened into orthography.

Orthography

The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.

Orthography

A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.

Orthography

The method of spelling the words of a particular language; the system of symbols used for writing a language.

Orthography

The branch of linguistics concerned with how languages are written.

Orthography

A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

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