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phonological word

phonological word noun: a phonological item, higher in the phonological hierarchy than the syllable and the foot but lower than the intonational phrase and the phonological phrase.

Noun

phonological word (plural phonological words)

  1. A phonological item, higher in the phonological hierarchy than the syllable and the foot but lower than the intonational phrase and the phonological phrase.
    • Coordinate term: grammatical word

Forms of phonological word

pluralphonological words

Questions about phonological word

What does phonological word mean?
Phonological word means a phonological item, higher in the phonological hierarchy than the syllable and the foot but lower than the intonational phrase and the phonological phrase.
What part of speech is phonological word?
Phonological word is a noun.
What is the plural of phonological word?
The plural of phonological word is phonological words.

Words near phonological word in the dictionary

  1. phonological
  2. phonological hierarchies
  3. phonological hierarchy
  4. phonological phrase
  5. phonological phrases
  6. phonological word
  7. phonological words
  8. phonologically
  9. phonologies
  10. phonologisation
  11. phonologisations

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