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Phonological vs Autosegmental - What's the difference?

phonological | autosegmental |

As adjectives the difference between phonological and autosegmental

is that phonological is of or relating to phonology while autosegmental is of or pertaining to autosegments.

phonological

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to phonology.
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  • [...] Phonological' competence is also reflected in intuitions about '''phonological''' structure: any English speaker intuitively feels, for example, that the sequence 'black bird' can either be a single '''phonological''' word ('''BLACK'''bird, with primary stress on ''black'' = a species of bird, like thrush, robin, etc.), or two independent '''phonological''' words ('''BLACK BIRD''' or black ' BIRD = bird which is black, as opposed to 'white bird', 'yellow bird', etc.).

    Derived terms

    * phonologically

    autosegmental

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to autosegments.
  • Of or pertaining to autosegmental phonology, a framework of phonological analysis that views phonological representations as consisting of parallel tiers of segments, rather than just one linear sequence of segments.