the study of tones or of intonation in speech.

A system of accentuation or stress in speech; the study of accentuation.

the branch of phonetics concerned with the physical properties of the sound waves of speech.

the study of tones.

Originally: the science of speech sounds and pronunciation, esp. as they occur in a particular language. Now: the branch of linguistics concerned…

The study of the phonology of morphemes; = morphophonology, n.

The branch of linguistics that deals with the phonemic constitution and the phonological representation of morphemes.

The study of phonemes and phoneme systems; phonemic analysis. Also: the phoneme system of a particular language.

The branch of phonetics that deals with the mental aspects of speech sound production. Usually contrasted with physiophonetics, n.

= phonemics, n.

The branch of phonetics which deals with the physical aspects of speech sound production. Usually contrasted with psychophonetics, n.

the study of the physical production of speech sounds.

The study and description of the phonemic aspects of the constitution of morphemes; = morphophonology, n.

= phonemics, n.

the process of identifying and interpreting or responding to the sounds produced in human speech.

The branch of linguistics concerned with the rules governing the possible phoneme sequences in a language or languages; these rules as they occur…

The branch of linguistics which studies non-phonemic aspects of speech, such as tone of voice, tempo, etc.; non-phonemic characteristics of…

= morphophonemics, n.

The approach to phonemic analysis characteristic of the linguist George L. Trager. Cf. Trager–Smith, n.

The part of prosodic analysis which deals with phonematic units. rare.

the aspect of language concerned with kenemes.