The difference between Linguistics and Phonology
When used as nouns, linguistics means the scientific study of language, whereas phonology means the study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language.
check bellow for the other definitions of Linguistics and Phonology
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Linguistics as a noun:
The scientific study of language.
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Phonology as a noun (linguistics, uncountable):
The study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language.
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Phonology as a noun (linguistics, countable):
The way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.