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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

音位规则

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yīnwèi guīzé

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phonological rule/fəˈnɑːlədʒɪkəl ruːl/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个音位规则描述了声調的变体。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A formal expression in generative phonology that describes how an underlying phonological representation is converted into a phonetic surface form.

    "The phonological rule in English aspirates voiceless stops at the beginning of stressed syllables."
  2. 2

    A linguistic generalization governing how sounds change or interact with neighboring sounds in a specific language environment.

    "Applying the voicing assimilation rule explains the pronunciation of the plural suffix in words like 'dogs'."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term derives from the combination of 'phonological', stemming from Greek 'phōnē' (voice, sound) and 'logos' (word, study), and 'rule', originating from Old French 'rule' and Latin 'regula' (straight stick, pattern). It emerged in modern linguistics during the structuralist and generative grammar eras of the mid-20th century to formally describe sound alternations in human languages.

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