phonology; Chinese historical phonology
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phonology; the study of Chinese historical phonology; same as 音韵学
technicalOften used interchangeably with 音韵学 (yīn yùn xué). Refers specifically to the historical study of Chinese phonology, including the analysis of initials, finals, and tones in historical Chinese.
Shēng声
yùn韵
xué学
shì是
yán研
jiū究
Hàn汉
yǔ语
lì历
shǐ史
yǔ语
yīn音
yǎn演
biàn变
de的
zhòng重
yào要
xué学
kē科
。
Phonology is an important discipline for studying the historical evolution of Chinese speech sounds.
Tā他
zài在
dà大
xué学
zhuān专
gōng攻
shēng声
yùn韵
xué学
，
duì对
《
Guǎng广
yùn韵
》
hěn很
yǒu有
yán研
jiū究
。
He specialized in phonology at university and has done extensive research on the Guangyun.
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Shēng声
yùn韵
xué学
yǔ与
yǔ语
yīn音
xué学
suī虽
rán然
dōu都
yán研
jiū究
yǔ语
yīn音
，
dàn但
cè侧
zhòng重
diǎn点
bù不
tóng同
。
Although both phonology and phonetics study speech sounds, their focuses are different.