Soundlore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsaʊnd.lɔː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Soundlore is a noun meaning Information or knowledge about sounds.
Meaning
Information or knowledge about sounds.
More Meanings
- (dated, phonology) The study of sounds; phonology.
Example Sentences
I must reiterate excuse if I have seemed heedless or impertinent in my refusal seriously to consider works on prosody which are based upon "sound-lore."
When a young brave in training could distinguish between these sounds he was well on the road to know what made them, but there was still an enormous amount of sound-lore to be learned.
Since this volume contains a careful analysis and complete survey of what has been hitherto written on soundlore, the author would deserve the gratitude of all learners if his work were to be looked upon […]
It may be, as he says, that these groups are not so generally studied as Greek, Teutonic and Latin, but they often (especially Lithuanian) supply forms which are of the greatest value for deciding difficult points of Aryan sound-lore.
Word Forms
- sound-lore
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