phonologistn.
/fəˈnɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /fəˈnɑlədʒəst/, /foʊˈnɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of phonology.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [noun] > person
orthoepist1640
phonologist1818
phonetician1845
phonetist1862
phonologer1864
phoneticist1893
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [noun] > phonology and branches > person(s)
phonologist1818
Young Grammarians1883
neogrammarian1885
Junggrammatiker1922
phonemicist1938
Praguian1957
laryngealist1964
Tragerian1966
Praguean1970
1818 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 241 This Sheva, the English phonologists (if I may be allowed to use the name) have almost uniformly represented by u short.
1880 R. G. White Every-day Eng. 137 Alexander Ellis, whose preeminence as a phonologist is questioned by no one.
1937 Trans. Philol. Soc. 137 Phoneticians, phonologists, and the very recent glossematicians were prone to emphasize their differences.
1996 Eng. Today Oct. 48/2 Some, mainly American, phoneticians and phonologists even recognize ‘tertiary’ stress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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