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phonaesthetics

phonaesthetics noun: the study of phonaesthesia.

Noun

phonaesthetics (uncountable)

  1. The study of phonaesthesia.
  2. The study of euphony.
  3. The aesthetics of a language's phonology, or the study or construction thereof.
    • Indeed, if there is anything at all to phonaesthetics, there must be some nonarbitariness to phonetic structure -- at least to people who have some phonaesthetic perceptions (as people on this list have admitted they have), if not to everyone.1999 December 3, Ed Heil <edheil@postmark.net>, “Re: The Conlang Instinct”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu

Forms of phonaesthetics

alternative Canada USphonesthetics

Origin of phonaesthetics

From phon- + aesthetics.

Questions about phonaesthetics

What does phonaesthetics mean?
Phonaesthetics means the study of phonaesthesia.
What part of speech is phonaesthetics?
Phonaesthetics is a noun.

Words near phonaesthetics in the dictionary

  1. phonaesthemes
  2. phonaesthemic
  3. phonaesthesia
  4. phonaesthetic
  5. phonaesthetically
  6. phonaesthetics
  7. phonagnosia
  8. phonal
  9. phonascetics
  10. phonate
  11. phonated

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