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Meaning of phonaesthetics | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. The study of phonaesthesia.
    uncountable
  2. The study of euphony.
    uncountable
  3. The aesthetics of a language's phonology, or the study or construction thereof.
    uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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